单词 | slide |
释义 | verb | noun slideslide1 /slaɪd/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tense and past participle slid /slɪd/) 1MOVE SMOOTHLY [intransitive, transitive] to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it, or to make something move in this way: slide along/across/down etc. Francesca slid across the ice.slide something across/along etc. something She slid my drink along the bar.2MOVE QUIETLY [intransitive, transitive always + adv./prep.] to move somewhere quietly without being noticed, or to move something in this way: slide into/out etc. He slid out of the room when no one was looking.slide something into/out etc. She slid a gun into her pocket.► see thesaurus at put3BECOME LOWER [intransitive] if prices, amounts, rates, etc. slide, they become lower: Stock prices continued to slide.4GET INTO A BAD SITUATION [intransitive] to begin to have a problem or gradually get into a worse situation than before: slide into It’s easy to slide into debt.slide toward The country was sliding toward war.5let something slide a)spoken to deliberately ignore a mistake, problem, remark, etc. without becoming angry or trying to punish it: Well, I guess we can let it slide this time. b)to let a situation get gradually worse, without trying to stop it: Management has let safety standards slide at the plant.[Origin: Old English slidan] verb | noun slideslide2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1FOR CHILDREN a large structure with steps leading to the top of a long sloping surface for children to slide down: Don’t go down the slide head first.2PICTURE a small piece of film in a frame that shows a picture on a screen or wall, when you shine light through it: a series of color slides3DECREASE [usually singular] a fall in prices, amounts, etc.: slide in a slide in gold prices4INTO A WORSE SITUATION [usually singular] a situation in which something gradually gets worse, or someone develops a problem: slide into his slide into depression5SCIENCE science a small piece of thin glass used for holding something when you look at it under a microscope6EARTH/SNOW earth science, geography a sudden fall of earth, stones, snow, etc. down a slope: a rock slide → see also landslide, mudslide7MOVEMENT [usually singular] a sliding movement across a surface: The car went into a slide.8MUSIC/MACHINE eng. lang. arts a movable part of a machine or musical instrument, such as the U-shaped tube of a trombone |
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