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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8641 COCA: 7707

slippery
slippery /ˈslɪpəri/ adjective
slipperier; slipperiest
slippery
/ˈslɪpəri/
adjective
slipperier; slipperiest
Learner's definition of SLIPPERY
[also more slippery; most slippery]
1 
: difficult to stand on, move on, or hold because of being smooth, wet, icy, etc.滑的；滑溜溜的
2 
: not easy to understand or identify in an exact way含糊的；不清晰的
3 
informal : not able to be trusted : tricky狡猾的；不可靠的

— slipperiness

noun [noncount]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8641 COCA: 7707

slippery

adjective

slip·​pery ˈsli-p(ə-)rē How to pronounce slippery (audio)
slipperier; slipperiest
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

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The trails were muddy and slippery. Fish are slippery to hold. The sign cautions: “Slippery when wet.”
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Word History

Etymology

slipper entry 1 + -y entry 1

Note: As the earliest occurrence of slippery appears to be in the Coverdale Bible (1535, Psalm 35:6), it has been suggested that the addition of the suffix -y to the adjective slipper copies German schlipfferig in Luther's translation of the same passage (1534, present-day German schlüpfrig). The German word is ultimately from the same Germanic base as slip entry 5 (see Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology).

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of slippery was circa 1500

Phrases Containing slippery
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8641 COCA: 7707
slippery

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERBS➤be, feel, look滑；感覺滑；看上去滑▸➤become, get變得滑◇The concrete gets slippery when it's wet.混凝土地面濕的時候會很滑。➤make sth使⋯滑◇The oil made the ground slippery and treacherous to walk on.油使地面打滑，走在上面很危險。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常滑▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些滑◇Watch out－the floor's a little slippery.小心，地板有點兒滑。➤notoriously出了名地棘手◇International law is notoriously slippery.人所共知，國際法相當棘手。PREPOSITION➤with因⋯而滑◇rocks that were slippery with seaweed佈滿海草而發滑的岩石PHRASES➤slippery when wet濕時很滑◇Bathroom floors can become slippery when wet.浴室地板打濕後會很滑。➤wet and slippery濕滑◇The track was wet and slippery for the race.跑道有些濕滑，不利於比賽。

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