| 单词 | slip of the tongue |
| 释义 | slip of the tonguesomething that you say byaccidentwhen youintendedto say somethingelse: 口误I called her newboyfriendby herpreviousboyfriend'sname- it was just aslipof thetongue.我叫她的新男友时喊成了她前任男友的名字——那只是一个口误。 a mistake
Faults and mistakes
a slip of the tongue| American Dictionarya slip of the tongueamistakemade when what someone says is different from what wasmeant: That one slip of thetonguecausedme a lot oftrouble. Examplesofslip of the tongueslip of the tongue Even if we are caught out, our pleas of 'slipofthetongue' are nearly always honored. From theCambridge English Corpus I apologise for thatslipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not because we fear corrupt actions or conspiracies, but because we fear aslipofthetongueor an unintended hint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a trivial example in yesterday's proceedings of how aslipofthetonguecan get us into difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That passage cannot have been chucked in as a throwaway line, unless it was a straightslipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I meant to say "knights", but aslipofthetongueoften speaks the truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He made what was perhaps aslipofthetonguewhen he said that there had been increased emission. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that in his more quiescent moments he would not have made such aslipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In fairness to him, we also heard him say that that was aslipofthetongueand was unintentional. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that it was aslipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Was that true, or was it aslipofthetongue? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By aslipofthetongueat one stage he referred to a capital charge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that it was aslipofthetonguewhen she suggested otherwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is trying to make a point out of aslipofthetonguewhich has already been explained to him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By aslipofthetongueone can sometimes put oneself in a rather peculiar position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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