Slide

[slaɪd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; 'his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill'; 'the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope'.

(noun.) a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector.

(noun.) a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study.

(noun.) plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide.

(noun.) (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc..

(verb.) move smoothly along a surface; 'He slid the money over to the other gambler'.

雅克校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

(v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.

(v. t.) To pass inadvertently.

(v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

(v. t.) To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

(v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

(v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

(v. t.) To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

(v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.

(n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

(n.) Smooth, even passage or progress.

(n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.

(n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.

(n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

(n.) That which operates by sliding.

(n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.

(n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.

(n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

(n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

(n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

(n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

(n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

(n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

(n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

(n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

(n.) A slide valve.

編輯:玛杰里

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Glide, slip, move smoothly.

n. Glide, slip.

凯思琳校對

解釋/意思:

v.i. to slip or glide: to pass along smoothly: to fall: to slip away quietly to disappear: (slang) to slope slip away from the police &c.—v.t. to thrust along: to slip:—pa.t. slid; pa.p. slid or slidd′en.—n. a smooth passage: the fall of a mass of earth or rock: a smooth declivity: anything as a lid that slides a glass that slides in a frame in front of a magic-lantern bearing the picture to be thrown on the screen that part of a photographic plate-holder which serves to cover and uncover the negative: (mus.) a melodic embellishment two notes sliding into each other: (slang) a biscuit covered with ice-cream.—adj. Slī′dable capable of sliding or of being slid.—ns. Slī′der one who or that which slides: the part of an instrument or machine that slides; Slide′-rest an apparatus adapted to a turning-lathe for carrying the cutting-tool; Slide′-valve a valve in a steam-engine made to slide backward and forward to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder; Slī′ding act of one who slides: falling: backsliding.—p.adj. slippery: movable changing.—ns. Slī′ding-keel an oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side-wind; Slī′ding-rule (see Rule); Slī′ding-scale a scale of duties which slide or vary according to the value or market prices: a sliding-rule; Slī′ding-seat a kind of seat for racing-boats moving with the swing of the rower's body; Slīdom′eter an instrument indicating the strain put on a railway-carriage by sudden stoppage.

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