英语词汇“as slippery as an eel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Proverbial phrase as slippery as an eel. Cf. eel n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective]

slipperc1000

hinderc1200

slidderya1250

covert1340

unwrast1393

slyc1440

slippery1555

fetching1570

shifting1581

as slippery as an eel1601

roundabout1608

corner-creeping1610

shuffling1616

prevaricatory1645

prevaricative1657

sliverly1674

whifflinga1680

sneak-pasty1681

slid1719

evasive1725

shauchling1755

shifty1837

slab-bridged1845

sneaky1861

pussy-footed1893

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

pussyfooting1926

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adjective] > untrustworthy

trustless1554

as slippery as an eel1601

independable1802

unreliable1810

undependable1860

untrustworthy1878

wrong1908

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (1897) 1985 Mi wit is also slipir as an eel.

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. E.i Slyper as an eeles tayle is the holde of it.]

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xx. 247 All that be long and slipperie as Yeels and Congres.

1622 S. Rowlands Good Newes & Bad Newes sig. B1^v Fie vpon giddie Fortune, and her wheele, Vnconstant, and as slipperie as an Eele.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 245 You'll find her as slippery as an Eel, I'll assure you.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 209 He's as slippery as an eel, he is. He's like a cat,—as sleek, and cunning.

1914 T. Dreiser Titan xxvi. 220 I am morally certain he uses money to get what he is after as freely as a fireman uses water. He's as slippery as an eel.

1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons ii. i. 128 He's big, but slippery as an eel.

单词	as slippery as an eel
释义	> as lemmas as slippery as an eel c. Proverbial phrase as slippery as an eel. Cf. eel n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] slipperc1000 hinderc1200 slidderya1250 covert1340 unwrast1393 slyc1440 slippery1555 fetching1570 shifting1581 as slippery as an eel1601 roundabout1608 corner-creeping1610 shuffling1616 prevaricatory1645 prevaricative1657 sliverly1674 whifflinga1680 sneak-pasty1681 slid1719 evasive1725 shauchling1755 shifty1837 slab-bridged1845 sneaky1861 pussy-footed1893 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 pussyfooting1926 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adjective] > untrustworthy trustless1554 as slippery as an eel1601 independable1802 unreliable1810 undependable1860 untrustworthy1878 wrong1908 c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (1897) 1985 Mi wit is also slipir as an eel. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. E.i Slyper as an eeles tayle is the holde of it.] 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xx. 247 All that be long and slipperie as Yeels and Congres. 1622 S. Rowlands Good Newes & Bad Newes sig. B1^v Fie vpon giddie Fortune, and her wheele, Vnconstant, and as slipperie as an Eele. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 245 You'll find her as slippery as an Eel, I'll assure you. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 209 He's as slippery as an eel, he is. He's like a cat,—as sleek, and cunning. 1914 T. Dreiser Titan xxvi. 220 I am morally certain he uses money to get what he is after as freely as a fireman uses water. He's as slippery as an eel. 1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons ii. i. 128 He's big, but slippery as an eel. extracted from slipperyadj. < as lemmas
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