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单词 slippery
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slippery

The problem was that the floor was so slippery.This makes the term a rather slippery one and perhaps best avoided.This duality can make for a slippery character.They can be slippery when wet and are sometimes unstable.He slipped because the path was slippery.So the lines were extremely slippery and wet.He insists on hobbling all the way along the slippery garden path to see me out.Your daughter tried very hard to get back the money from her landlord but he proved to be an incredibly slippery character.Plus they're rather slippery to sit on.There's bound to be a slippery character behind a move like that.This has to be done on a slippery floor - vinyl works well.He's a slippery character who can be charming when he wishes to be.We made it like eels, wet and slippery after a shower '.Well, it's because of those signs in shopping centres that tell us the floor is slippery when wet.

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slippery

British English: slippery /ˈslɪpərɪ; -prɪ/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is slippery is smooth, wet, or greasy, making it difficult to walk on or to hold.
Motorists were warned about slippery roads.
  • American English: slippery
  • Arabic: زَلِق
  • Brazilian Portuguese: escorregadio
  • Chinese: 滑的
  • Croatian: sklizak
  • Czech: kluzký
  • Danish: glat
  • Dutch: glibberig
  • European Spanish: resbaladizo
  • Finnish: liukas
  • French: glissant
  • German: rutschig
  • Greek: γλιστερός
  • Italian: scivoloso
  • Japanese: 滑りやすい
  • Korean: 미끄러운
  • Norwegian: glatt
  • Polish: śliski
  • European Portuguese: escorregadio
  • Romanian: alunecos
  • Russian: скользкий
  • Latin American Spanish: resbaladizo
  • Swedish: hal
  • Thai: ลื่น
  • Turkish: kaygan
  • Ukrainian: слизький
  • Vietnamese: trơn

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Chinese translation of 'slippery'

slippery

(ˈslɪpərɪ)

adj

  1. [surface] 滑的 (huá de)
  2. [person] 狡猾的 (jiǎohuá de)
    to be on a slippery slope to ruin/anarchy 将(將)导(導)致(緻)毁(毀)灭(滅)/混乱(亂) (jiāng dǎozhì huǐmiè/hùnluàn)
(adjective) 
Definition
liable or tending to cause objects to slip
The floor was wet and slippery.
Synonyms
smooth
The flagstones were worn smooth by centuries of use.
icy
an icy road
greasy
He propped his elbows upon the greasy counter.
glassy
glassy green pebbles
slippy (informal, dialect)
unsafe
lubricious (rare)
skiddy (informal)
(adjective) 
Definition
not to be trusted
a slippery customer
Synonyms
untrustworthy
His opponents still say he's a fundamentally untrustworthy figure.
tricky
They could encounter some tricky political manoeuvring.
cunning
He's a cunning, devious, good-for-nothing so-and-so.
false
She was a false friend, envious of her lifestyle and her success.
treacherous
The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.
dishonest
He had become rich by dishonest means.
devious
She tracked down the other woman by devious means.
crafty
That crafty old devil had taken us all for a ride.
evasive
He was evasive about the circumstances of their first meeting.
sneaky
One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky.
two-faced
He had been devious and two-faced.
shifty (informal)
He had a shifty face and previous convictions.
foxy
He had wary, foxy eyes.
duplicitous

Additional synonyms

in the sense of crafty
Definition
skilled in deception
That crafty old devil had taken us all for a ride.
Synonyms
cunning,
scheming,
sly,
devious,
knowing,
designing,
sharp,
calculating,
subtle,
tricky,
shrewd,
astute,
fraudulent,
canny,
wily,
insidious,
artful,
foxy,
deceitful,
duplicitous,
tricksy,
guileful
in the sense of cunning
Definition
clever at deceiving
He's a cunning, devious, good-for-nothing so-and-so.
Synonyms
crafty,
knowing,
sly,
devious,
artful,
sharp,
subtle,
tricky,
shrewd,
astute,
canny,
wily,
Machiavellian,
shifty (informal),
foxy,
guileful
in the sense of devious
Definition
insincere and dishonest
She tracked down the other woman by devious means.
Synonyms
sly,
scheming,
calculating,
tricky,
crooked (informal),
indirect,
treacherous,
dishonest,
wily,
insidious,
evasive,
deceitful,
underhand,
insincere,
surreptitious,
double-dealing,
not straightforward

Synonyms of 'slippery'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of dishonest
Definition
not honest or fair
He had become rich by dishonest means.
Synonyms
deceitful,
corrupt,
crooked (informal),
designing,
lying,
bent (slang),
false,
unfair,
cheating,
deceiving,
shady (informal),
fraudulent,
treacherous,
deceptive,
unscrupulous,
crafty,
swindling,
disreputable,
untrustworthy,
double-dealing,
unprincipled,
mendacious,
perfidious (literary),
untruthful,
guileful,
knavish (archaic)
in the sense of evasive
Definition
seeking to evade
He was evasive about the circumstances of their first meeting.
Synonyms
deceptive,
misleading,
indirect,
cunning,
slippery,
tricky,
shuffling,
devious,
oblique,
shifty (informal),
cagey (informal),
deceitful,
dissembling,
prevaricating,
equivocating,
sophistical,
casuistic,
casuistical,
elusive
in the sense of false
She was a false friend, envious of her lifestyle and her success.
Synonyms
treacherous,
lying,
deceiving,
unreliable,
two-timing (informal),
dishonest,
deceptive,
hypocritical,
unfaithful,
two-faced,
disloyal,
unsound,
deceitful,
faithless,
untrustworthy,
insincere,
double-dealing,
dishonourable,
duplicitous,
mendacious,
perfidious (literary),
treasonable,
traitorous,
inconstant,
delusive,
false-hearted
in the sense of foxy
Definition
of or resembling a fox, esp. in craftiness
He had wary, foxy eyes.
Synonyms
crafty,
knowing,
sharp,
tricky,
shrewd,
cunning,
sly,
astute,
canny,
devious,
wily,
artful,
guileful
in the sense of glassy
Definition
smooth, clear, and shiny, like glass
glassy green pebbles
Synonyms
smooth,
clear,
slick,
shiny,
glossy,
transparent,
slippery
in the sense of greasy
Definition
covered with or containing grease
He propped his elbows upon the greasy counter.
Synonyms
fatty,
slick,
slippery,
oily,
slimy (British),
oleaginous
in the sense of icy
Definition
covered with ice
an icy road
Synonyms
slippery,
glassy,
slippy (informal, dialect),
like a sheet of glass,
rimy
in the sense of shifty
Definition
looking deceitful and not to be trusted
He had a shifty face and previous convictions.
Synonyms
untrustworthy,
sly,
devious,
scheming,
tricky,
slippery,
contriving,
wily,
crafty,
evasive,
furtive,
deceitful,
underhand,
unprincipled,
duplicitous,
fly-by-night (informal)
in the sense of sneaky
One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky.
Synonyms
sly,
dishonest,
devious,
mean,
low,
base,
nasty,
cowardly,
slippery,
unreliable,
malicious,
unscrupulous,
furtive,
disingenuous,
shifty (informal),
snide,
deceitful,
contemptible,
untrustworthy,
double-dealing
in the sense of treacherous
Definition
disloyal and untrustworthy
The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.
Synonyms
disloyal,
deceitful,
untrustworthy,
duplicitous,
false,
untrue,
unreliable,
unfaithful,
faithless,
double-crossing (informal),
double-dealing,
perfidious (literary),
traitorous,
treasonable,
recreant (archaic)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of tricky
Definition
sly or wily
They could encounter some tricky political manoeuvring.
Synonyms
crafty,
scheming,
subtle,
cunning,
slippery,
sly,
deceptive,
devious,
wily,
artful,
foxy,
deceitful
in the sense of two-faced
Definition
deceitful or hypocritical
He had been devious and two-faced.
Synonyms
hypocritical,
false,
deceiving,
treacherous,
deceitful,
untrustworthy,
insincere,
double-dealing,
duplicitous,
dissembling,
perfidious (literary),
Janus-faced
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