1. 1滑溜溜的(帶點噁心或不舒服,不只是「會滑倒」)

    Slithery describes something slippery — wet, slimy, or so smooth that you do not want to touch it, or cannot keep hold of it.

    Slithery Slithery describes something unpleasantly slippery形容一種讓人不舒服的滑 wet, slimy, or so smooth that you do not want to touch it濕濕黏黏,或滑到你不想碰 or cannot keep hold of it或抓不住的那種感覺

    A slithery fish, a slithery handful of , a slithery floor after someone spills oil: the feeling is a bit icky, not just “you might fall.” Slippery can be neutral (the ice is slippery; be careful). Slithery almost always carries a of dislike.

    A slithery fish, a slithery handful of seaweed, a slithery floor after someone spills oil像一條滑溜溜的魚、一把滑滑的海帶,或有人打翻油之後滑溜溜的地板 the feeling is a bit icky那種感覺有點噁心 not just "you might fall."不只是「你可能會滑倒」而已 Slippery can be neutral而slippery可以是中性的 (the ice is slippery; be careful)(像「冰很滑,小心」) Slithery Slithery almost always carries a shiver of dislike幾乎總是帶著一絲反感

    It fits snakes, worms, wet , muddy banks, and sometimes a person whose manner feels hard to trust, as if they might wriggle out of a promise — that last use is a stretch from the snake picture, and you should know it is figurative.

    It fits snakes, worms, wet noodles, muddy banks它適合用在蛇、蟲、濕麵條、泥濘的河岸 and sometimes a person whose manner feels hard to trust有時候也用在一個讓人覺得不可信任的人身上 as if they might wriggle out of a promise好像他們會從承諾裡扭身溜走 that last use is a stretch from the snake picture最後這個用法是從蛇的畫面延伸出來的 and you should know it is figurative你要知道那是比喻的用法

    The word sounds informal and physical; you would use it in speech and in stories more than in a science report.

    The word這個字 sounds informal and physical聽起來很口語、很有畫面感 you would use it in speech and in stories more than in a science report你比較會在說話和故事裡用它,而不是科學報告裡

    Though actually, it is simply with -y on the end: “like something that .” If you already know , slithery is the feel of that movement in your hands or under your feet.

    Though actually不過其實 it is simply slither with -y on the end它就是slither加上-y "like something that slithers."意思是「像會slither的東西」 If you already know slither如果你已經認識slither slithery is the feel of that movement in your hands or under your feet那slithery就是那個動作在你手裡或腳下的感覺

core核心畫面

組成From slither + -y. It was already Middle English slidery, then reshaped to match slither. The -y means “having that quality.”

同家族的字

  • slitherthe verb this adjective is built from
  • slidethe older relative that slither itself comes from

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

slitheryadj

  • 1

    That slithers; that moves like a snake.

    • Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation, Watson, when you stand before the serpents in the Zoo, and see the slithery, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked, flattened faces? Well, that’s how Milverton impresses me.
    • […] we set out for the cannery. There, men with spiked poles would swarm into the scow, hook each fish under the gills. The creatures would hurtle through the air like silver streaks, landing into the cannery chutes with slithery thumps, and pass on to the ripping knives
  • 2

    Sneaky, underhanded; evasive.

    • The suspects include mischievous caricatures from the New York art world-a guileful art dealer, a slithery lawyer, a glittering female collector of celebrities, a vacant former model who is Maitland's widow, and so on.
  • 3

    Slippery, causing one to slither.

    • But a little while only would he suffer us to halt; then right we turned, up along the ridge, where the way was yet worse than in the dale had been, with rocks and pits hidden in the heather, and slithery slabs of granite.
    • She led the way, stepping gingerly on the slithery moss.

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