slippery

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
    — Oily substances render things slippery.
  2. Evasive; difficult to pin down. broadly,figuratively
    — a slippery person
  3. Liable to slip; not standing firm. obsolete
    — Which when they fall, as being slippery standers, / The love that leaned on them, as slippery too, / Do one pluck down another, and together / Die in the fall.
  4. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
    — He looking down With scorn or pity on the slippery state Of kings, will tread upon the neck of fate.
  5. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. obsolete
    — My wife is slippery? If thou wilt confess –

词形变化

slipperier comparative more slippery comparative slipperiest superlative most slippery superlative

词汇关系

近义词
glibbery glidder gliddery greasy lubric lubricious lubricous slabbery slape slick slidder sliddery slidey slidy slimy slithery slippery slippery as an eel slippy
反义词
adhesive nonslippery nonslip
上位词
smooth wet
下位词
rain-slickened water-slickened sloppery
衍生词
nonslippery slipperily slipperiness slippery as an eel slippery dick slippery dip slippery elm slippery jack slippery nipple Slippery Sam slippery sequence slippery slide slippery slope sloppery unslippery
相关词
slip

词源

From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( + -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (“slippery”), from Old English slipor (“slippery”), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”), equivalent to slip + -er. Compare also Middle English slibbri, slubbri (“slippery”) borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slibberich (“slippery”). Cognate with German schlüpfrig (“slippery”), Danish slibrig (“slippery”), Swedish slipprig (“slippery”).
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