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slither

/slith-er/US // ˈslɪð ər //UK // (ˈslɪðə) //

滑行,滑动,滑翔,滑翔机

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
    • : to go or walk with a sliding motion: The snake slithered across the path.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to slither or slide.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a slithering movement; slide.

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Examples

  • Wayne LaPierre may have won the week, and he may slither away without Congress doing anything this time around.

  • But as is frequently the case, the Sandy Hook conspiracy theories would eventually slither toward more sinister territory.

  • On the day the Sun-Times finally sank, an Ontario court rejected Breeden's effort to slither out of my libel suits.

  • They curve up all together like a glittering bow and slither down again.

  • You can slither pine-needles through your fingers as you discuss, too, and it helps you to think.

  • We slither and slide to the bottom of the pit and gather fragments of steel.

  • Up comes the deck in that fainting swoon backwards—then down it fades in that indescribable slither forwards.

  • A dimness comes over one's mind: a sort of stupefaction owing to the wind and the relentless slither-and-rearing of the ship.