slide
n
1 [sing] act of sliding 滑; 滑行
have a slide on the ice 在冰上滑行.
2 [C] smooth stretch of ice, hard snow, etc used esp by children on sledges (冰、 壓實的雪等的)滑面(尤為兒童用以乘雪橇的).
3 [C] smooth slope, track or chute down which goods can slide or on which children can play at sliding (運送貨物用的)滑坡、 滑道或滑槽; (兒童游戲用的)滑梯.
4 [C]
(a) picture, diagram, etc on photographic film, usu held in a small frame and shown on a screen using a projector; transparency 幻燈片(有框的透明軟片).
(b) (formerly) such a picture on a glass plate (舊時)幻燈片(玻璃的).
5 [C] glass plate on which sth is placed so that it can be looked at under a microscope (顯微鏡的)載片.
6 [C] part of a machine, etc that slides, eg the U-shaped part of a trombone (機器等的)滑動部件(如長號上的U形管). =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page x.7 [C]
(in compounds 用以構成復合詞) sudden fall of a mass of earth, mud, etc (土、 泥等的)突然崩落
a `landslide * a `mudslide.
8 [C] = hair-slide (hair).
slide v (pt, pp slid )
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p, Cn.a]
(cause sth to) move smoothly along an even, polished or slippery surface (使某物)滑動
I was sliding (about) helplessly (on the ice). 我(在冰上)身不由己地滑起來了.
The ship slid (down) into the water. 船滑入水中.
The drawers slide in and out easily. 這些抽屜很容易推進拉出.
We slid down the grassy slope. 我們順著草坡滑下去.
I slid the rug in front of the fire. 我挪了挪鋪在爐前的地毯.
Can the car seat be slid forward a little? 汽車的座位能向前挪一點嗎?
She slid the door open. 她把門推開.
2 [Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sth to) move quietly or so as not to be noticed (使某物)悄悄地或偷偷地移動
The thief slid out (of the door) while no one was looking. 小偷乘沒人注意時溜了出去.
She slid a coin into his hand. 她把一枚硬幣偷偷塞進他的手里.
He lifted the mat and slid the key under (it). 他掀起墊子把鑰匙悄悄放在下面.
3 [I] (eg of prices) fall gradually (如指價格)逐漸降低
House values may begin to slide. 房價可能開始逐漸下降了.
4 (idm 習語) let sth `slide (infml 口) allow sth to become neglected, less organized, etc 放任某事; 聽其自然
She got depressed and began to let things slide. 她情緒低落, 一切都聽之任之.
5 (phr v) slide into sth (no passive 不用於被動語態) gradually pass into (a certain, usu bad, condition) 慢慢進入(某狀態, 通常指壞的)
slide into bad habits, debt 逐漸染上了壞習慣、 背上了債
We mustn't slide into complacency. 我們決不可產生自滿情緒. slide over sth avoid dealing with (a topic, etc) in detail 避免深入涉及(某問題等)
She discussed sales, but slid over the problem of how to increase production. 她談論了銷售情況, 卻對增加生產的問題一帶而過.