slippery 的意思
光滑的; 滑的; 不易抓住的
slippery 的词源
slippery(adj.)
“表面光滑以致滑动的”,约1500年,slipperie,带有-y (2) + 中古英语sliper (形容词) “不提供坚固的立足点或把握”,来自古英语slipor “滑的,表面光滑的”(参见slip (动词))。
“欺 deceitful, untrustworthy, that cannot be depended upon or trusted”的隐喻意义始于1550年代。替代词slippy自1540年代起被证实。相关词:Slipperily; slipperiness。中古英语中还有slipperness, slipornysse,(15世纪早期,在医学写作中,“肠道松弛”),直接来自sliper。Scott (1821)有slippiness。
在比喻意义上,slippery slope “从小步骤开始但导致灾难或毁灭的过程”始于1844年。Slippery slope作为危险的比喻,或艰难的上升道路,始于1825年。
东北美洲的slippery elm (1748年)(也称moose或red elm)因其粘滑的内树皮而得名,内树皮用于药用,作为润喉剂。
"Stand back ! if you would not bring certain destruction on her and yourself. Do you not see that the chasm is opening wider?" exclaimed Rupert Wyvill, returning almost ere Rosalind had missed him, pushing Edred aside as he spoke, who, half maddened at the sight of his cousin's risk, was on the point of leaping down from the brow of the cliff on the crumbling, slippery slope—an act which would have ensured the destruction of all. [Miss Ellen Pickering, "Who Shall be Heir?" 1840]
“站远点!如果你不想给她和自己带来毁灭性的灾难。难道你看不到深渊正在张开得更宽吗?”鲁珀特·怀维尔惊呼,几乎在罗莎琳德察觉到他失踪之前就回来了,他一边说一边推开了埃德雷德,后者因看到表弟的危险而半疯,正要从悬崖的边缘跳下那崩塌的、滑溜的坡——这一举动将确保所有人的毁灭。[艾伦·皮克林,《谁将成为继承人?》1840年]
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