to show that they do not
like a performance or speech, or do not like waiting ( ) ti
'slow lane noun [sing.] the part of a major road such as a motorway or interstate where vehicles drive slowest It ft it n»T71 in the 'slow lane not making progress as
fast as other people, countries, companies, etc. Xtift
it±; mis'.
Slow
ly 0-w /'slauli; NAmE 'slouli/ adv. at a slow speed; * not quickly 'If j§ if!i; tttf i&; to move slowly 'If 'If H $3 0
Please could you speak more slowly? if
^i^'lf—^C^? 0 The boat chugged slowly along, lift ft ft Ufe IS 'If flil
itt o 0 He found that life moved slowly in the countryside, ffe M %
ft 1$ X fS ft # 'If 0
0 Don’t rush into a decision. Take it
slowly. XfXHX ft ft fH Q 'If 'If 3k o O Slowly things began to improve. If 'If ffe, o note at slow
ITCHTB .slowly but
'surely making slow but definite progress
tiltfEILft itk; Jl'lf ffi •i'i: We’ll get there slowly but surely. 3SCI Jilt,
slow 'motion noun [U] (in a film/movie
or on television Efe $0.) the method
of showing action at a
much slower speed than it
happened in real life 'If zjfj ft: Some scenes
were filmed in slow motion.
$ftfiftX1t O a slow-motion replay If s(jftlt$C
slow-poke /'slaupauk; NAmE 'sloupouk/
noun {NAmE, informal) = slowcoach
'slow-witted
adj. not
able to think quickly; slow to learn or understand things ® Xlx tt W; i ® jg EH2 QUICK-WITTED
slow-worm noun a small European reptile with no legs, like a snake 'If S&M, W*£*&f ( 4
)
SLR
/,es el 'qi(r)/ cftbr. single-lens reflex (= used to describe
a camera in which there is only one lens
which both forms the image on the film and provides the image in the viewfinder) ( slub /slAb/ noun a
lump or thick place in wool or thread (, mm ► siubbed /siAbd/ <«// sludge /slAd3/ noun [U] 1 thick, soft, wet
mud or a substance that looks like it ft
Erfrl slime: There was some
sludge at the bottom of the tank. 2 industrial or human waste that
has been treated X ik ffi
yjg ; X ik fif ; X ft ft ^: industrial sludge XikMftl 0 the use of sewage
sludge as a fertilizer on farm land JET AEftftjMft
slug /slAg/ noun, verb
a
noun
1 a small soft creature, like a snail
without a shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants iiftX; Mi® — picture o page R29 2 {informal) a small amount of a
strong alcoholic drink {PM, — X If ( )
: He took another slug of whisky.
3 {informal, especially NAmE) a bullet X # 4 {NAmE, informal) a piece of metal shaped
like a coin used to get things from machines, etc., sometimes illegally 5Irm&mft, ft (
xwtft®)
■
verb (-gg-) [VN] 1 {informal) to hit sb hard,
especially with your closed hand fj ft; 2 (in baseball #
Eft to hit the ball hard ( E^c ) IT5171 .slug it 'out to fight or compete
until it is clear who has won & lb
ft;
slug gard /'slAgad; NAmE -gard/ noun {formal) a
slow, lazy person flftffjfA; A ► slug-gard-ly adj.
slug-gish /’slAgiJ/ adj. moving,
reacting or working more slowly than normal and in a way that seems lazy
nifift; mm-, mMm}: sluggish traffic ft jirL <> a sluggish
economy 0 the sluggish black
waters of the canal isMM^If 0 He
felt very heavy and
sluggish after the meal.
XlHsfto ► slug-gish-ly adv. slug-gish-ness
noun [U]
sluice /sluis/ noun, verb
mnoun (also sluice gate) a sliding gate or other device for
controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal, etc. ftW; mn
m verb 1 [VN] ~ sth (down/out) | ~ sth (with sth) to wash sth with a stream of water ft
fjfc: The ship’s crew was sluicing down the deck, lift M \U
X ft ft 'ft; ¥ 15 o 2 [V +adv./prep.]
(of water t|c) to flow somewhere in large quantities
( Aftftti ) M, ft slum /slAm/ noun, verb
a noun an area of a city that
is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition ; fflUK:
a slum area tRKo city/urban slums ft ft K, fg 0 She
was brought up in the slums of
imKXA&X
mverb (-mm-) [V] (usually be slumming) {informal) to spend time in places
or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to ( jgffi ) Miti
A
X ft : There are plenty of ways you can cut costs
on your trip without slumming. XMftX, J
IM1
'slum it to
accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to IhXfiS; ii;£?BX: Several businessmen had to slum it in economy
class.
^llc
slum-ber/'slAmb0(r)/ noun, verb
mnoun [U, C, usually pi.] (literary) sleep; a time when sb
is asleep B§ IK: She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.
Miifx,
mmxux&o
m verb [V] {literary) to sleep 0§; If IK o note at sleep 'slumber party noun {NAmE) = sleepover slum-lord /'slAmloid; NAmE -laird/ noun {NAmE, informal) a person who owns houses or
flats/apartments in a poor area and who charges very high rent for them even
though they are in bad condition ( ift )
slump /sLrnip/ verb, noun
»verb [V] 1 ~ (by sth) | ~ (from sth) (to sth)
to
fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount ( SCI
drop: Sales have slumped this year.
0
Profits slumped by over 50%. fij i(i| ^ ^ 50% IP
± 0 0 The paper’s circulation has slumped to 90 000.
ilttlBft^ 9 2 [+adv./prep.] to sit or fall down
heavily f I ifa Xft (
JicfSIT ) : The old man slumped down in his chair. ^ 5feX ^X fJ # X X „
0 She slumped to her knees. MfhM— a noun 1 ~ (in sth) a sudden fall in sales, prices, the value
of sth, etc. 1
mm. mm, ^
M
H77I decline : a slump in profits
|ij p| ^ '0, 2 a period when a country’s economy or a business is doing very
badly ff^r#]; : the slump of the
1930s
* 20 Xid 30 0
The toy industry is in a
slump, gfcp‘—compare boom n.(l) slumped / slAmpt/ adj. [not usually before noun] - (against/over sth) sitting with your body
leaning forward, for example because you are asleep or unconscious ( ) ^f#XX, ft: The driver
was slumped exhausted over the wheel, w] f/l ft ft ft |o]
&
iix
slung pt, pp of SLING slunk pt, pp of SLINK slur /sl3i(r)/ verb, noun
m verb ( rr ) 1 to pronounce words
in a way that is not clear so that they run into each other, usually because
you are drunk or tired (
il'fifSgft/SA
$1
^ ) : [VN] She had drunk too much and her speech
was slurred. M "i # A 0 X , 1$ flHXX
ft % X i [also V speech] 2 [VN] {music
i=r) to play or sing a group of two or more musical notes so that each one runs
smoothly into the next jX#; 3
[VN] to harm sb’s reputation by making unfair or false statements about them # i#; ft®
a noun 1 ~ (on sb/sth) an unfair remark about sb/sth that may damage other
people’s opinion of them i# i#;
%;
ft® Em insult:
She had dared to cast a slur on his character. An/XnlUiKISo 0 {especially
NAmE) The crowd started throwing bottles and shouting racial
slurs. ASIftMMX,
2
{music #) a curved sign used
to show that two or more notes are to be played smoothly and without a break mm