| 释义 |
slippery/ˈslip(ə)ri/adj. 1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion 滑的，滑溜的 2 (of a surface) difficult to stand on, causing slips by its smoothness or muddiness (表面)光滑的，打滑的 3 unreliable, unscrupulous, shifty 不可靠的；狡猾的，诡诈的 4 (of a subject) requiring tactful handling (问题)难以捉摸的；难对付的 □ slipperily adv.□ slipperiness n.[dialect slipper from Old English slipor: probably coined by Coverdale (1535) to translate Luther's schlipfferig, from Middle High German slipferig: ultimately from Germanic] |