- [intransitive]
to slide a short distance by accident so that you fall or nearly fall 滑倒；滑跤 She slipped and landed flat on her back. 她滑倒并平放在她的背上。 As I ran up the stairs, my foot slipped and I fell. 我跑上楼梯时失脚摔倒了。 🔊🔊 She got on her feet and ran towards the door, slipping and sliding. 她站起来，滑倒地跑向门。 - slip on something
He slipped on a bar of soap in the shower room. 他在淋浴室的一块肥皂上滑倒。 - slip over
She slipped over on the ice and broke her leg. 她在冰上滑倒把腿摔断了。 🔊🔊
- [intransitive]
to slide out of position or out of your hand 滑落；滑离；脱落 My hand slipped as I was slicing the bread and I cut myself. 切片面包时，我的手滑了下来，割伤了自己。 - + adv./prep.
His hat had slipped over one eye. 他的帽子滑下来遮住了一只眼睛。 🔊🔊 The fish slipped out of my hand. 鱼从我手里溜掉了。 🔊🔊 The child slipped from his grasp and ran off. 他一把没抓牢，让那孩子跑掉了。 🔊🔊 - (figurative)
She was careful not to let her control slip. 她小心翼翼，不让自己失控。 🔊🔊
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to go somewhere quickly and quietly, especially without being noticed 悄悄疾行；溜 She slipped out of the house before the others were awake. 她趁别人还没醒，溜出了房子。 🔊🔊 I slipped away before the end of the performance. 演出还没结束我就悄悄溜走了。 The ship slipped into the harbour at night. 船在夜间悄然进港。 🔊🔊 A guard was posted at the door, in case anyone tried to slip in. 万一有人试图溜进门，警卫被贴在门口。 - (figurative)
She knew that time was slipping away. 她知道时间在飞逝。 🔊🔊
- [transitive]
to put something somewhere quickly, quietly or secretly 迅速放置；悄悄塞；偷偷放 - slip something + adv./prep.
Anna slipped her hand into his. 安娜悄悄把手伸过去，让他握住。 🔊🔊 He slipped the letter back into its envelope. 他把信偷偷放回信封。 He beat three defenders before slipping the ball past the goalkeeper. 在将球滑过守门员之前，他击败了三名后卫。 She slipped her head around the door. 她把头滑到门上。 I managed to slip a few jokes into my speech. 我设法在讲话中穿插了几个笑话。 🔊🔊 I managed to slip in a few jokes. 我设法穿插了几个笑话。 🔊🔊 He slipped the ring onto her finger. 他把戒指轻轻地套在她的手指上。 - slip something to somebody
They'd slipped some money to the guards. 他们悄悄塞给卫兵一些钱。 🔊🔊 - slip somebody something
They'd slipped the guards some money. 他们悄悄塞给卫兵一些钱。 🔊🔊
- slip something + adv./prep.
- [intransitive]
to fall to a lower level; to become worse 下降；退步；变差 Standards have slipped in the last few years. 在最近几年，标准有所下降。 His popularity has slipped recently. 近来他已不如过去那样受欢迎。 🔊🔊 The director never lets the tension slip. 导演从不松懈。 That's three times she's beaten me—I must be slipping! 她已经赢了我三回了，我一定是退步了！ 🔊🔊 A defeat would see them slip down the rankings. 失败会使他们下滑排名。 Already the Conservatives are slipping in the polls. 保守党已经在民意调查中滑倒了。 - slip from something to something
Pre-tax profits slipped from $3.9 million to $3.7 million,. 税前利润从390万美元降至370万美元。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to pass into a particular state or situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one 陷入，进入（困难或不愉快的处境） - [intransitive, transitive]
to put clothes on or to take them off quickly and easily （迅速且容易地）穿上，脱下 - + adv./prep.
to slip into/out of a dress 麻利地穿上／脱掉连衣裙 - slip something + adv./prep.
to slip your shoes on/off 蹬上／脱了鞋 He slipped a coat over his sweatshirt. 他将一件外衣披在长袖套衫上。 🔊🔊
- + adv./prep.
- [transitive, intransitive]
to get free; to make something/somebody/yourself free from something 摆脱；挣脱；松开；放走
slide/fall滑；倒
out of position脱离位置
go/put quickly快速地走／放置
become worse变差
into difficult situation陷入困境
clothes on/off穿／脱衣服
get free摆脱
Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly and softly’): probably from Middle Low German slippen (verb); compare with slippery.
Idioms
let slip something
let something slip (through your fingers)
to miss or fail to use an opportunity 错过（机会）；失去（机会）
(slip/be thrown) out of gear
roll/slip/trip off the tongue
slip your mind
if something slips your mind, you forget it or forget to do it 被遗忘 I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. It completely slipped my mind. 对不起，我没有告诉你。这完全让我忘了。
slip/roll/trip off the tongue
to be easy to say or pronounce 容易说（或发音）；顺口 It's not a name that exactly slips off the tongue, is it? 这不是一个确切的名称，不是吗？
slip one over on somebody
- (informal)
to trick somebody 欺骗；愚弄
slip through the net
(also fall/slip through the cracks)