20230811 單詞學習

· slip /sl?p/

o 1.V-I If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance. 滑; 滑倒

? He had slipped on an icy pavement.
他在結冰的人行道上滑倒了。

o 2.V-I If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand. 滑走; 滑落

? His glasses had slipped.
他的眼鏡滑落了。

o 3.V-I If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly. 溜走

? Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house.
埃米悄悄地下樓，溜出了屋子。

o 4.V-T If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention. 把…悄悄地放在

? I slipped a note under Louise's door.
我悄悄地把一張字條塞到了路易絲的門下。

? He found a coin in his pocket and slipped it into her hand.
他在口袋里找到一枚硬幣，把它悄悄塞進她的手里。

o 5.V-T If you slip something to someone, you give it to them secretly. 偷偷地給

? Robert had slipped her a note in school.
羅伯特上學時偷偷地塞給了她一張字條。

o 6.V-I To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed. (不知不覺地) 陷入

? It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine.
一個人如此容易就能陷入俗套，這使他感到吃驚。

o 7.V-T/V-I If something slips to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 使下降; 下降

? Shares slipped to $1.17.
股票下跌至$1.17。

? In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May.
六月份，生產商的價格從五月份下降了0.1%。

o 8.N-SING Slip is also a noun. 下降

? ...a slip in consumer confidence.
…消費者信心的一次下降。

o 9.V-T/V-I If you slip into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily. 迅速輕松地穿上; 迅速輕松地脫下

? She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch.
她快速脫下了那件上衣，把它丟在沙發(fā)上。

o 10.V to detach (portions of stem, etc) from (a plant) for propagation (從植物)取接枝

o 11.N-COUNT A slip is a small or unimportant mistake. 差錯; 疏漏

? We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.
我們必須好好準備，一定不要有差錯。

o 12.N-COUNT A slip of paper is a small piece of paper. 紙條

? ...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook.
…他從筆記本上撕下的幾張小紙片。

? I put her name on the slip.
我把她的名字寫在那張紙條上。

o 13.N-COUNT A slip is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt. 襯裙

o 14.N clay mixed with water to a creamy consistency, used for decorating or patching a ceramic piece 粘土與水的混合物

o 15.N a part of a plant that, when detached from the parent, will grow into a new plant; cutting; scion 接枝; 插枝

o 16.PHRASE If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret. 無意中說出 (秘密)

? I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
我確信他無意中說出了我已去了美國。

o 17.PHRASE If something slips your mind, you forget about it. 被遺忘

? The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.
我到訪的原因顯然被他忘了。

N-COUNT A selection of people or things is a set of them that have been selected from a larger group. 挑選出的一群

? ...this selection of popular songs.
…這組精選的通俗歌曲。

· sour /?sa??/

o 1.ADJ Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. 酸的

? The stewed apple was sour even with honey.
燉過的蘋果即使加了蜂蜜也還是酸的。

o 2.ADJ Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. 餿的

? The milk had gone sour.
牛奶已經餿了。

o 3.ADJ Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. 脾氣壞的; 不友好的

? She made a sour face in his direction.
她給了他一副不友善的臉色。

o 4.ADV 脾氣壞地; 不友好地

? "Leave my mother out of it," he said sourly.
“不要把我母親扯進去?！彼鷼獾卣f。

o 5.ADJ If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory. 令人失望的

? Everything turned sour for me there.
對我來說那兒的一切都變得令人失望了。

? The American dream is beginning to turn sour.
美國夢正開始破滅。

6. ADJ A bitter taste is sharp, not sweet, and often slightly unpleasant. 苦的

? The leaves taste rather bitter.
這些葉子嘗起來相當苦。

o V-T/V-I If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful. 使變糟; 變糟

? If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views.
假如有什么事情使關系惡化的話，那可能就是他們在世界觀方面所存在的實質性差異。

ADJ A bitter taste is sharp, not sweet, and often slightly unpleasant. 苦的

? The leaves taste rather bitter.
這些葉子嘗起來相當苦。