slippery
要点つるつるする
意味
- (表面が)つるつるする,滑りやすい
- (人が)つかみ所のない;ずるい
- (物事が)捕らえにくい,不安定な
例文
The road is really slippery because of the rain.
雨のせいで、道路がすごく滑りやすいんだ。
Watch your step, as the passageway is slippery.
廊下は滑りやすいので、足元に気を付けなさい。
It's slippery in the changing area, so be careful.
脱衣場は滑りやすいので、注意しましょう。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( + -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (“slippery”), from Old English slipor (“slippery”), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”), equivalent to slip + -er. Compare also Middle English slibbri, slubbri (“slippery”) borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slibberich (“slippery”). Cognate with German schlüpfrig (“slippery”), Danish slibrig (“slippery”), Swedish slipprig (“slippery”).