slip
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
act of slipping; false step 滑动; 滑倒; 失足
One slip and you could fall off the cliff. 脚下一滑就可能从悬崖上跌下去.
2 [C] minor error caused by carelessness or lack of attention 小错误; 小疏忽: make a slip 失误
There were a few trivial slips in the translation. 译文中有几个小错误.
3 [C]
(a) loose sleeveless garment worn under a dress; petticoat （有肩带的）衬裙.
(b) = gym-slip (gym).
4 [C] = pillowcase (pillow).
5 [C] thin or small piece of paper 纸条
a salary slip, ie giving details of earnings, tax paid, etc 薪金单（列有收入、 税款等细节）
write a phone number on a slip of paper 把电话号码写在纸条上.
6 [C] cutting1(2) taken from a plant for grafting or planting 接穗或插条（嫁接或种植用的）.
7 the slips [pl]
= slipway (slip2).
8
(a) [C] (in cricket) (position of a) fielder standing close behind and usu to the off side of the batsman （板球赛中）通常位於击球员右後方的外场员（的位置）
first/second/third slip 第一[第二/第三]外场员
Who is (at) first slip? 谁在第一外场员位置?
(b) the slips [pl]
place where these fielders stand 上述外场员的守球区
fielding in the slips 在击球员右後方的位置守球.
9 [U] almost liquid clay for coating earthenware or making patterns on it 泥釉（涂於陶器上作表层或图样的）.
10 (idm 习语) give sb the `slip (infml 口) escape from or get away from (sb following or chasing one) 摆脱或避开（尾随者或追逐者）
We managed to give our pursuers the slip. 我们设法甩掉了後面追来的人. a `slip of a boy, girl, thing, child, etc a slightly-built boy, etc 瘦削的男孩等
She's just a slip of a thing, but she can run faster than all of us. 别看她那麽瘦, 跑起来比我们谁都快. a slip of the `pen/`tongue minor error in writing/speech 笔误[口误]
A slip of the tongue made me say Robert instead of Richard. 我说走了嘴把理查德说成了罗伯特. there's ,many a ,slip 'twixt (the) ,cup and (the) `lip (saying 谚) things can easily go wrong before one gets what one wants, expects, hopes for, etc 事情往往会功败垂成
They think they'll win the election easily, but there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip. 他们以为能在选举中轻易取胜, 但事情往往会功败垂成.
slip v (-pp-)
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (over) (onsth) (of a person, an animal, a car, etc) slide accidentally; lose one's balance and fall or nearly fall in this way （指人、 动物、 汽车等）意外滑动, 失去平衡跌倒或险些跌倒
The climber's foot slipped, and she fell. 那个攀登的女子脚下一滑就摔倒了.
She slipped (over) (on the ice) and broke her leg. 她（在冰上）滑了一跤把腿摔断了.
The van slipped (a few feet) down the embankment. 那客货车沿堤坝向下滑动了（几英尺）.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip]
(of an object) slide accidentally out of its proper position （指物体）意外滑离原位
The lorry turned and its load slipped. 卡车转弯时车上货物滑离了原位.
The razor slipped and cut my cheek. 剃刀一滑把我脸给割破了.
The straps keep slipping off (my shoulders). 吊带老是（从我肩上）滑下来.
(c) [Ipr, Ip]
move smoothly and easily in a particular direction 沿某方向顺畅而容易地移动
The ship slipped through the water. 船在水上平稳地航行.
I slipped along the bench next to her. 我沿长 一下子滑到她的旁边.
This wine slips down easily, ie is pleasant to drink. 这种葡萄酒很好喝.
2
(a) [Ipr, Ip]
go somewhere quietly or quickly, eg in order not to be noticed, or without being noticed 悄悄或匆匆到某处（如以免受注意或无人注意到）
The thief slipped out (by...
*[slip]n. 滑, 滑行, 事故, 溜, 差错, 滑台, 下降, 插条, 后裔, 板条, 瘦长的年轻人vi. 滑动, 滑倒, 失足, 溜走, 滑落, 犯错, 变坏vt. 使滑动, 滑过, 摆脱, 闪开, 塞入, 从...取接枝a. 滑动的, 滑移的, 活络的, 有活结的【计】 串行线接口协议相关词组: slip off give sb the slip slip along slip into slip one over on slip sth over slip up let slip slip one's mind let an opportunity slip
Yes, I sure am. I got up late and went without breakfast. Right now I could eat an ox.
是的，我真的饿了。我早晨起床迟了，没吃早饭。现在我可以吃下一头牛。
My speech was ill-form and not pleasant to hear.
我的言语变调走样，很不好听。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.