20230811 单词学习

· slip /slɪp/

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

• He had slipped on an icy pavement.
他在结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.
他的眼镜滑落了。

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

• Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house.
埃米悄悄地下楼，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.
我悄悄地把一张字条塞到了路易丝的门下。

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

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

• Robert had slipped her a note in school.
罗伯特上学时偷偷地塞给了她一张字条。

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. (不知不觉地) 陷入

• It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine.
一个人如此容易就能陷入俗套，这使他感到吃惊。

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，生产商的价格从五月份下降了0.1%。

o 8.N-SING Slip is also a noun. 下降

• ...a slip in consumer confidence.
…消费者信心的一次下降。

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. 迅速轻松地穿上; 迅速轻松地脱下

• She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch.
她快速脱下了那件上衣，把它丢在沙发上。

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

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

• We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.
我们必须好好准备，一定不要有差错。

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

• ...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook.
…他从笔记本上撕下的几张小纸片。

• I put her name on the slip.
我把她的名字写在那张纸条上。

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

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

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. 无意中说出 (秘密)

• I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
我确信他无意中说出了我已去了美国。

o 17.PHRASE If something slips your mind, you forget about it. 被遗忘

• The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.
我到访的原因显然被他忘了。

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

• ...this selection of popular songs.
…这组精选的通俗歌曲。

· sour /ˈsaʊə/

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.
炖过的苹果即使加了蜂蜜也还是酸的。

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

• The milk had gone sour.
牛奶已经馊了。

o 3.ADJ Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. 脾气坏的; 不友好的

• She made a sour face in his direction.
她给了他一副不友善的脸色。

o 4.ADV 脾气坏地; 不友好地

• "Leave my mother out of it," he said sourly.
“不要把我母亲扯进去。”他生气地说。

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.
对我来说那儿的一切都变得令人失望了。

• The American dream is beginning to turn sour.
美国梦正开始破灭。

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

• The leaves taste rather bitter.
这些叶子尝起来相当苦。

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

• If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views.
假如有什么事情使关系恶化的话，那可能就是他们在世界观方面所存在的实质性差异。

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

• The leaves taste rather bitter.
这些叶子尝起来相当苦。