slip
v. 滑倒; 脫落; 溜走; 退步; 陷入
n. 差錯; 便條; 摔跤; 襯裙; 守場員
If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance.
He had slipped on an icy pavement...
他在一條結了冰的人行道上滑了一跤。
Be careful not to slip.
小心,別滑倒了。
If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand.
His glasses had slipped...
他的眼鏡滑掉了。
The hammer slipped out of her grasp.
錘子從她的手中滑落。
If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly.
Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house...
埃米偷偷下樓溜出了房子。
She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door.
她溜進了駕駛座,關上了門。
If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention.
I slipped a note under Louise's door...
我偷偷在路易斯的房門下面塞了一張便條。
He found a coin in his pocket and slipped it into her collecting tin...
他摸到口袋裡有一枚硬幣,便匆匆丟進她的討錢罐。
If you slip something to someone, you give it to them secretly.
Robert had slipped her a note in school...
羅伯特在學校裡偷偷地塞給她一張紙條。
She looked round before pulling out a package and slipping it to the man.
她四下裡看了看,然後拿出一個包裹,偷偷地塞給了這個男人。
To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed.
It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine...
他驚異地發現人很容易在不知不覺中因循守舊起來。
There was a 50-50 chance that the economy could slip back into recession.
經濟再次陷入衰退的可能性是 50%。
If something slips to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
Shares slipped to 117p...
股價跌至 117 便士。
The club had slipped to the bottom of Division Four...
該俱樂部已經跌為丁級組的最後一名。
If you slip into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily.
She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch...
她麻利地脫下夾克,扔在了沙發上。
I slipped off my woollen gloves.
我迅速地脫下了毛絨手套。
A slip is a small or unimportant mistake.
We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.
我們必須好好準備,不能出任何差錯。
A slip of paper is a small piece of paper.
...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook...
他從筆記本上撕下來的一張張小紙片
I put her name on the slip.
我在紙條上記下了她的名字。
A slip is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt.
If you refer to someone as a slip of a girl or a slip of a boy, you mean they are small, thin, and young.
He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother...
跟他哥哥一比,他不過是個小毛孩。
She was just a slip of a thing.
她才是個小丫頭。
If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you.
He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight.
他在午夜時分離開,避開了記者的追蹤。
If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret.
I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
我可以打賭,是他走漏了我去了美國的訊息。
If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.
他顯然已經忘掉了我的來意。
1. a socially awkward or tactless act
2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
3. potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
4. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
5. a young and slender person;
6. a place where a craft can be made fast
7. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;
8. a slippery smoothness;
9. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
10. a small sheet of paper;
11. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
12. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;
13. an unexpected slide
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
15. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
1. move stealthily;
2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly;
3. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
4. get worse;
5. move smoothly and easily
6. to make a mistake or be incorrect
7. pass on stealthily;
8. pass out of one's memory
9. move out of position;
error, fault, blunder, flaw, mistake, shortcoming, defect, slip
這些名詞均有"錯誤"或"缺點"之意。
slip, glide, slide, skid
這些動詞均可表示"滑動"之意。
give someone the slip
(非正式)避開某人;甩掉某人
let something slip
無意中講出
(古)放開(狗的繩索)
let something slip through one's fingers (或 grasp)
對…失控;失去
slip of the pen
筆誤;口誤
slip through the net
there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
(諺)杯到嘴邊還會失手(指萬事難以十拿九穩,事情往往功敗垂成)
a slip of a ——
瘦小的
slip away
(婉)安詳地死去
slip something over on
(非正式,舊)欺騙;矇騙
slip up
(非正式)出差錯
give (someone) the slip&I{【俚語】}
逃脫…的追逐
let slip
出於無心地說出
slip one over on【非正式用語】
矇蔽;欺騙
One single slip brings eternal regret , and looking back, your whole life has passed away.
一失足成千古恨, 再回頭已過百年身.
Don't let the good chance slip.
良機勿失.
He tried to slip past the ticket collector at the dock.
他設法從碼頭上收票人身邊溜過去.
It would be foolish to let such an opportunity slip; it's a chance of a lifetime.
坐失這個良機, 那是太傻了,這是一生中難得的機會.
From now on no one is to mention that slip of paper.
以後,誰也不準提到這張紙條的事情.