slippery
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 滑的，光滑的，靠不住的，圆滑的，不稳固的
构词拆分
slip词根/词干
+
-er后缀
(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( + -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (“slippery”), from Old English slipor (“slippery”), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”), equivalent to slip + -er. Compare also Middle English slibbri, slubbri (“slippery”) borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slibberich (“slippery”). Cognate with German schlüpfrig (“slippery”), Danish slibrig (“slippery”), Swedish slipprig (“slippery”).
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose