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A slipper is a light, soft shoe you wear at home. You slip your foot in; there is usually no serious . People put them on after work, on a cold floor, or to walk to the kitchen at night.
A slipper is a light, soft shoeSlipper 是一種輕便、柔軟的鞋子， you wear at home是你在家裡穿的。You slip your foot in你把腳滑進去就好， there is usually no serious fastening通常沒有什麼正經的固定裝置。People put them on after work大家會在下班後穿上它， on a cold floor或是在冰涼的地板上， or to walk to the kitchen at night或是晚上要走去廚房的時候。
They are not for the street (though someone in a hurry might step outside in them). They are not , and they are not the smarter slip-on shoes you wear to town. The word is ordinary, slightly .
They are not for the street它們不是穿去街上的( though someone in a hurry might step outside in them不過趕時間的人可能會直接穿著它出門)。They are not flip-flops它們不是夾腳拖(flip-flops)， and they are not the smarter slip-on shoes you wear to town也不是你穿去市區、比較體面的懶人鞋。The word is ordinary, slightly cosy這個字很平常，帶點溫馨舒適的感覺。
There is an old extra sense — a slipper as something used to smack a child — which you may still meet in older British talk; it is not the main meaning now, and it is not kind. The shoe-at-home sense is the one you want.
There is an old extra sense — a slipper as something used to smack a child還有一個舊的額外意思——slipper 指用來打小孩的東西—— which you may still meet in older British talk你可能還會在比較老派的英式說法裡遇到； it is not the main meaning now, and it is not kind這不是現在的主要意思，而且這個意思並不友善。The shoe-at-home sense is the one you want你要的是「在家穿的鞋子」這個意思。
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
slippernoun/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
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A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
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A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
- Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.
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A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
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A person or creature that slips.
- He is a frequent “slipper,” but doesn’t seem to have sufficient intelligence upon which to ever build permanent sobriety and happiness.
- Virtually all human action is liable to opposing interpretations, depending mainly upon distance: to take the familiar case of the banana peel, the fall is painful to the slipper, hilarious to the spectator across the street.
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A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
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A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
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engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
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A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
- 1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research "Mrs Marlene Foster […] , an opponent of the slipper, said her son Gary had a bottom "as red as a beetroot" after he was punished for writing on desks. "
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
- "All teachers had what was referred to as a 'slipper', but in reality was a cut down gym shoe designed for smacking our bottoms."
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medicinesciencesA kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.
slipperadj/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
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obsoleteslippery
- O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men.
slipperverb/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
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To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
- 1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research "One boy was slippered five times in four days for offences such as missing detention, fooling about and being out of bounds."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。