slippery

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slip·pery BrE [ˈslɪpəri] NAmE [ˈslɪpəri] adjective
1. (also informal slippy)difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished
•slippery like a fish
•In places the path can be wet and slippery.
•His hand was slippery with sweat.
2. (informal) (of a person)that you cannot trust
•Don't believe what he says— he's a slippery customer.
3. (informal) (of a situation, subject, problem, etc.)difficult to deal with and that you have to think about carefully
•Freedom is a slippery concept (= because its meaning changes according to your point of view).
Idiom: slippery slope
See also: ↑slippy

Word Origin:
[slippery] late 15th cent.: from dialect slipper ‘slippery’, probably suggested by Luther's schlipfferig.

Example Bank:
•International law is notoriously slippery.
•The concrete gets slippery when it's wet.
•The oil made the ground slippery and treacherous to walk on.
•The track was wet and slippery for the race.
•Watch out— the floor's a bit slippery.
•rocks that were slippery with seaweed

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tricky, slippy