- (also informal slippy)
difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished 滑的；滑得抓不住（或站不稳、难以行走）的 slippery like a fish 滑得像条鱼似的 In places the path can be wet and slippery. 这条小径有些路段又湿又滑。 His hand was slippery with sweat. 他的手汗津津的。
Extra ExamplesThe concrete gets slippery when it's wet. 混凝土地面湿的时候会很滑。 The oil made the ground slippery and treacherous to walk on. 油使地面打滑，走在上面很危险。 Watch out—the floor's a bit slippery. 小心，地板有点儿滑。 rocks that were slippery with seaweed 布满海草而发滑的岩石
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- slippery when wet
- wet and slippery
- (informal)
(of a person 人 that you cannot trust 油滑的；滑头滑脑的；靠不住的 - (informal)
(of a situation, subject, problem, etc. 情况、课题、问题等 difficult to deal with and that you have to think about carefully 难以应对的；棘手的 Freedom is a slippery concept (= because its meaning changes according to your point of view). 自由是一个难以明确的概念。 International law is notoriously slippery. 人所共知，国际法相当棘手。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- slippery when wet
- wet and slippery
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from dialect slipper ‘slippery’, probably suggested by Luther's schlipfferig.
Idioms
the/a slippery slope
a course of action that is difficult to stop once it has begun, and can lead to serious problems or disaster 使人滑向深渊的斜坡；危险的境地 She realized he was on the slippery slope towards a life of crime. 她意识到他正滑向犯罪的深渊。