slip
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
act of slipping; false step 滑動; 滑倒; 失足
One slip and you could fall off the cliff. 腳下一滑就可能從懸崖上跌下去.
2 [C] minor error caused by carelessness or lack of attention 小錯誤; 小疏忽: make a slip 失誤
There were a few trivial slips in the translation. 譯文中有幾個小錯誤.
3 [C]
(a) loose sleeveless garment worn under a dress; petticoat （有肩帶的）襯裙.
(b) = gym-slip (gym).
4 [C] = pillowcase (pillow).
5 [C] thin or small piece of paper 紙條
a salary slip, ie giving details of earnings, tax paid, etc 薪金單（列有收入、 稅款等細節）
write a phone number on a slip of paper 把電話號碼寫在紙條上.
6 [C] cutting1(2) taken from a plant for grafting or planting 接穗或插條（嫁接或種植用的）.
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 （板球賽中）通常位於擊球員右後方的外場員（的位置）
first/second/third slip 第一[第二/第三]外場員
Who is (at) first slip? 誰在第一外場員位置?
(b) the slips [pl]
place where these fielders stand 上述外場員的守球區
fielding in the slips 在擊球員右後方的位置守球.
9 [U] almost liquid clay for coating earthenware or making patterns on it 泥釉（涂於陶器上作表層或圖樣的）.
10 (idm 習語) give sb the `slip (infml 口) escape from or get away from (sb following or chasing one) 擺脫或避開（尾隨者或追逐者）
We managed to give our pursuers the slip. 我們設法甩掉了後面追來的人. 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. 別看她那麼瘦, 跑起來比我們誰都快. a slip of the `pen/`tongue minor error in writing/speech 筆誤[口誤]
A slip of the tongue made me say Robert instead of Richard. 我說走了嘴把理查德說成了羅伯特. there's ,many a ,slip 'twixt (the) ,cup and (the) `lip (saying 諺) things can easily go wrong before one gets what one wants, expects, hopes for, etc 事情往往會功敗垂成
They think they'll win the election easily, but there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip. 他們以為能在選舉中輕易取勝, 但事情往往會功敗垂成.
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、 動物、 汽車等）意外滑動, 失去平衡跌倒或險些跌倒
The climber's foot slipped, and she fell. 那個攀登的女子腳下一滑就摔倒了.
She slipped (over) (on the ice) and broke her leg. 她（在冰上）滑了一跤把腿摔斷了.
The van slipped (a few feet) down the embankment. 那客貨車沿堤壩向下滑動了（幾英尺）.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip]
(of an object) slide accidentally out of its proper position （指物體）意外滑離原位
The lorry turned and its load slipped. 卡車轉彎時車上貨物滑離了原位.
The razor slipped and cut my cheek. 剃刀一滑把我臉給割破了.
The straps keep slipping off (my shoulders). 吊帶老是（從我肩上）滑下來.
(c) [Ipr, Ip]
move smoothly and easily in a particular direction 沿某方向順暢而容易地移動
The ship slipped through the water. 船在水上平穩地航行.
I slipped along the bench next to her. 我沿長 一下子滑到她的旁邊.
This wine slips down easily, ie is pleasant to drink. 這種葡萄酒很好喝.
2
(a) [Ipr, Ip]
go somewhere quietly or quickly, eg in order not to be noticed, or without being noticed 悄悄或匆匆到某處（如以免受注意或無人注意到）
The thief slipped out (by...
*[slip]n. 滑, 滑行, 事故, 溜, 差錯, 滑臺, 下降, 插條, 后裔, 板條, 瘦長的年輕人vi. 滑動, 滑倒, 失足, 溜走, 滑落, 犯錯, 變壞vt. 使滑動, 滑過, 擺脫, 閃開, 塞入, 從...取接枝a. 滑動的, 滑移的, 活絡的, 有活結的【計】 串行線接口協議相關詞組: 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