slip1/slIp; slIp/v slipped , slipping 1 [I] if you slip, your feet move accidentally and you fall or almost fall 滑倒﹐失脚: Be careful not to slip – I just mopped the floor. 当心别滑跤﹐我刚拖过地板。+on Joan slipped on the ice and broke her ankle. 琼在冰上滑倒﹐跌断了脚踝。see box at见 FALL1 方框see picture at见 SLIDE1 图2 [I] to go somewhere quickly and quietly 悄悄地走﹐溜走: +out of/away/through etc Ben slipped quietly out of the room while his father was asleep. 本趁他爸爸睡着时悄悄溜出了房间。No one saw Bill slip away when the police arrived. 警察到达时没人看到比尔悄悄地溜走了。3 [T] to put something somewhere quietly or secretly [ slide ] 把…悄悄[偷偷]地放在: slip sth into/around etc sth Ann slipped the book into her bag. 安把书悄悄塞进包里。He slipped his arm around her waist and kissed her. 他悄悄地用手臂搂着她的腰并亲吻她。4 [I] if something slips, it accidentally moves or falls 滑落﹐脱落: The knife slipped as he cut into the wood. 刀砍进那块木头时﹐从他手里滑脱了。+off/down/from etc The ring had slipped off Julia's finger. 戒指从朱莉娅的手指上滑脱了。5 [I,T] to put on a piece of clothing or take it off quickly and easily〔利落地把衣服〕穿上﹔脱下: slip sth off/on Ken sat on the couch and slipped off his shoes. 肯坐在长沙发上脱掉了鞋。+into/out of She slipped into her pyjamas. 她利落地穿上了睡衣。6 slip your mind spoken if something slips your mind, you forget about it【口】〔某事〕被忘记: I was supposed to meet her for lunch, but it completely slipped my mind. 我本该和她碰头一起吃午饭的﹐但我把这事忘得一干二净。7 [I] to become worse or lower than before [ fall ] 变坏﹐变差﹔下降: Standards in our schools have been slipping. 我们学校的水准一直下降。The mayor's popularity is slipping. 这位市长的支持率在下滑。8 let sth slipinformal to say something that is supposed to be a secret without intending to【非正式】无意中说出〔应该保密的〕某事: Don’t let it slip that I’m in town. 当心别说出我到城里来了。slip away phr v if an opportunity to do something slips away, the situation changes and the opportunity no longer exists〔机会〕错过﹐溜走: This time, Radford did not let her chance slip away. 这一次雷德福没有错过机会。slip out phr v if something slips out, you say it without intending to 无意中讲出: Sorry, I shouldn’t have said that – it just slipped out. 对不起﹐我不该说那事的 — 我说漏嘴了。slip up phr v to make a mistake 出差错: He can’t afford to slip up again or he’ll be fired. 他不能再出错了﹐否则会被开除的。
slip2n [C] 1 a small piece of paper 小纸片: He wrote his address on a slip of paper. 他在一张小纸片上写下他的地址。2 a small mistake 小错误: Molly knew she could not afford to make a single slip . 莫莉知道自己一个小错误都不能犯。3 a piece of clothing worn by women under a dress or skirt 衬裙4 an act of sliding accidentally so that you fall or almost fall 滑倒﹔滑一下5 a slip of the tongue/pen something that you say or write by accident, when you meant to say or write something else 口误/笔误6 give sb the slipinformal to escape from someone who is chasing you【非正式】摆脱某人的追踪﹐甩掉某人: Palmer gave them the slip in the hotel lobby. 帕尔默在酒店大堂里甩掉了他们。