English Dictionary

slide

/slaɪd/

noun

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. / A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.

I went down the slide at the playground.

意味（1）

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.

意味（2）

A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.

skimming over the ice[…]It was a good long slide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying.

意味（3）

The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.

The slide closed the highway.

意味（4）

An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.

意味（5）

A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.

意味（6）

The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.

a slide on the ice

意味（7）

A lever that can be moved in two directions.

意味（8）

A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.

意味（9）

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

意味（10）

(by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.

I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.

意味（11）

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

意味（12）

(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base

意味（13）

(music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.

意味（14）

(traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.

意味（15）

(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

意味（16）

(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

意味（17）

(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

意味（18）

A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.

意味（19）

A pocket in one's pants (trousers).

with ten dollars in his slide

意味（20）

(footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.

意味（21）

(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.

意味（22）

(vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.