English Dictionary

slippery

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈslɪpəɹi/

形容詞

広義 比喩的用法 廃用

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

日本語の意味

滑りやすい：表面が摩擦の少ない状態で、しばしば液体などにより覆われているために、掴みにくかったり立ちにくかったりする性質を意味する

Be careful — the floor by the entrance is slippery after the rain.

雨の後、玄関の床は滑りやすいので注意してください。

意味（1）

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

Oily substances render things slippery.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.

a slippery person

意味（3）

(obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.

Which when they fall, as being slippery standers, / The love that leaned on them, as slippery too, / Do one pluck down another, and together / Die in the fall.

意味（4）

Unstable; changeable; inconstant.

He looking down With scorn or pity on the slippery state Of kings, will tread upon the neck of fate.

意味（5）

(obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

My wife is slippery? If thou wilt confess –

slipperier （ comparative ）

slipperiest （ superlative ）