no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion（蜿蜒地或摇晃地）滑行, 滑动：
I spied a baby adder slithering away.
我发现一条小蝰蛇蜿蜒爬走了。
1.1
- slide or slip unsteadily on a loose or slippery surface（摇晃着）滑下, 滑动：
we slithered down a snowy mountain track.
我们顺着山上布满积雪的小道晃晃悠悠地滑了下去。
1
- in sing. a movement in such a manner滑动：
a snake-like slither across the grass.
在草地上像蛇一样的滑行。
2
- a sliver长薄片; 碎片：
a slither of bacon.
一片熏咸肉。
派生词
slithery
adjective词源
Middle English: alteration of the dialect verb slidder, frequentative from the base of SLIDE.