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slide
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- pronunciation:
- slaId
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- let slide
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
slides, sliding, slid |
| definition 1: |
to move easily over a surface while remaining in contact with it.
滑, 滑行
The children were sliding on the ice.
- synonyms:
- skim
- similar words:
- coast, glide, glissade, sail, slip
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| definition 2: |
to slip or slip down by accident.
滑动, 滑落
The car slid on the oily road.The necklace slid from her hand.- synonyms:
- slip
- similar words:
- sideslip, skid
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| definition 3: |
to diminish, esp. quickly.
Employment rates are sliding.- synonyms:
- slump
- similar words:
- decrease, diminish, dive, dwindle, fall, plummet, plunge, sink, slip, tumble
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| definition 4: |
to acquire a habit or reach a condition gradually.
He's sliding into alcoholism.- synonyms:
- fall
- similar words:
- sink, slip
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| definition 5: |
in baseball, to propel oneself horizontally along the ground toward a base, usu. feet first.
滑垒
- similar words:
- skid
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| definition 6: |
to move without being noticed.
悄悄进入
We slid away from the dull party.- synonyms:
- slip, sneak, steal
- similar words:
- escape, glide, skulk, slink
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| related words: |
avalanche, cleave, stir, trip |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to send (something) slipping over a smooth surface.
滑过
Slide your car keys across the table.- synonyms:
- slip
- similar words:
- glide, pass
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| definition 2: |
to give (an object, message, or the like) quietly so as to avoid being noticed (usu. fol. by in, into, or the like).
把...悄悄放入
She slid the coins into his hand.- synonyms:
- slip
- similar words:
- pass
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| related words: |
shove, slip |
| phrase: |
let slide |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or movement of sliding.
滑动
a slide on a toboggana slide in oil prices- synonyms:
- glide, slip, slump
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| definition 2: |
a smooth, slanted track down which a person or thing can slide; chute.
滑梯
slides and swings in the playground
- synonyms:
- chute
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| definition 3: |
a part of a musical instrument, tool, or machine that moves back and forth.
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| definition 4: |
a small piece of glass that holds a specimen for viewing under a microscope.
载玻片
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| definition 5: |
a piece of film on which there is a picture or diagram that may be projected onto a screen.
幻灯片
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| definition 6: |
a landslide, or the rocks and earth that move during one.
土崩
- synonyms:
- landslide
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| related words: |
bottleneck, glide, heave, trip, tumble |
| derivation: |
slidable (adj.) |
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