Slip

[slɪp]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning).

(noun.) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..

(noun.) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air.

(noun.) a small sheet of paper; 'a receipt slip'.

(noun.) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; 'he blamed his slip on the ice'; 'the jolt caused many slips and a few spills'.

(noun.) a young and slender person; 'he's a mere slip of a lad'.

(noun.) potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics.

(verb.) insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; 'He slipped some money into the waiter's hand'.

(verb.) get worse; 'My grades are slipping'.

(verb.) pass out of one's memory.

(verb.) move smoothly and easily; 'the bolt slipped into place'; 'water slipped from the polished marble'.

(verb.) move easily; 'slip into something comfortable'.

(verb.) cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; 'he slipped the bolt into place'.

(verb.) pass on stealthily; 'He slipped me the key when nobody was looking'.

吉尔达整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

(n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.

(n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.

(n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.

(n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.

(v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

(v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.

(v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.

(v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.

(v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

(v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

(n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.

(n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

(n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.

(n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.

(n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

(n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.

(n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

(n.) Any covering easily slipped on.

(n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.

(n.) A child's pinafore.

(n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.

(n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.

(n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.

(n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

(n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.

(n.) A particular quantity of yarn.

(n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.

(n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.

(n.) A narrow passage between buildings.

(n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

(n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

(n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

(n.) A fish, the sole.

(n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.

迪莉娅編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Glide, slide.[2]. Err, trip, mistake, fall into error, commit a fault.

v. a. [1]. Put stealthily, convey secretly.[2]. Throw off, disengage one's self from.[3]. Loose, loosen, let loose, let go, let slip.

n. [1]. Slide, glide, move smoothly.[2]. Error, mistake, fault, lapse, shortcoming, trip, oversight.[3]. Cutting, twig, shoot.[4]. Strip, long and narrow piece.

布兰奇手打

解釋/意思:

v.i. to slide or glide along: to move out of place: to escape: to err: to slink: to enter by oversight.—v.t. to cause to slide: to convey secretly: to omit: to throw off: to let loose: to escape from: to part from the branch or stem:—pr.p. slip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. slipped.—n. act of slipping: that on which anything may slip: an error a fault a slight transgression: an escape: a twig: a strip a narrow piece of anything: a leash: a smooth inclined plane sloping down to the water on which a ship is built: anything easily slipped on: (print.) a long galley-proof before being made up into pages.—ns. Slip′-board a board sliding in grooves; Slip′-dock a dock having a floor that slopes so that the lower end is submerged; Slip′-knot a knot which slips along the rope or line round which it is made; Slip′per a loose shoe easily slipped on.—adj. (Spens.) slippery.—adj. Slip′pered wearing slippers.—adv. Slip′perily in a slippery manner.—ns. Slip′periness Slip′piness.—adjs. Slip′pery Slip′py apt to slip away: smooth: not affording firm footing or confidence: unstable: uncertain; Slip′shod shod with slippers or shoes down at the heel like slippers: careless.—n. Slip′stitch.—Slip off to take off noiselessly or hastily; Slip on to put on loosely or in haste; Slip one's breath or wind to die; Slip the leash to disengage one's self from a noose.—Give a person the slip to escape stealthily from him.

錄入:梅林达