| 单词 | slippery |
| 释义 | slippery (once / 976 pages) adj WORD FAMILY slippery: nonslippery, slipperily, slipperiness+/slip: nonslip, slippage, slipped, slippery, slipping, slippy, slips/slippage: slippages/slippy: slippier USAGE EXAMPLESHe said it set in motion a “slippery slope where it’s only a matter of time before everyone pays everywhere.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Critics worry about slippery slopes and evolving calculus. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Prepare to endure bad beginnings, survive a carnivorous carnival and climb slippery slopes. Time(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide slippery sidewalks a slippery bar of soap Syn|Ant slippy lubricious having a smooth or slippery quality nonstick(of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles slickmade slick by e.g. ice or grease slidingbeing a smooth continuous motion slimed, slimycovered with or resembling slime slipping, slitheringmoving as on a slippery surface slitheryhaving a slippery surface or quality smoothhaving a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities nonslippery not slippery; not likely to slip or skid nonskiddesigned to reduce or prevent skidding nonslipdesigned to reduce or prevent slipping rough, unsmoothhaving or caused by an irregular surface 2adj not to be trusted "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee Syn tricky untrustworthy, untrusty not worthy of trust or belief |
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