Slippery



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 滑的; 狡猾的
• ［英］ adj. 滑的; 狡猾的 ( not to be trusted)
• ［记］ 来自动词slip（滑）

Webster Collegiate

adjective (slipperier; -est)

• Etymology: alteration of Middle English slipper
• Date: circa 1500
• 1.
  • a. causing or tending to cause something to slide or fall <slippery roads>
  • b. tending to slip from the grasp <a slippery fish>
• 2.
  • a. not firmly fixed ; unstable
  • b. not precise or fixed in meaning ; ambiguous, elusive
• 3. not to be trusted ; tricky
• ? slipperiness noun

---