| 词汇 | slip-of-the-tongue |
| 释义 | slip of the tongueidiom something that you say by accident when you intended to say something else: 口误 I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend's name - it was just a slip of the tongue.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 mistakeIt was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize. errorHe admitted that he'd made an error. blunderThe company was struggling after a series of financial blunders. slipIt was an understandable slip. mix-upThere was a mix-up with the bags at the airport. gaffeI made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend. Faults and mistakes (that's) your hard luckidiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark blemish errata erratum error failing false move loophole malaprop miscue misfunction misperception that's/it's your funeral!idiom typo uncorrectable uncorrected a slip of the tongue | American Dictionarya slip of the tongueidiom a mistake made when what someone says is different from what was meant: That one slip of the tongue caused me a lot of trouble. Examples of slip of the tongueslip of the tongue Even if we are caught out, our pleas of 'slipofthetongue' are nearly always honored. I apologise for that slipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not because we fear corrupt actions or conspiracies, but because we fear a slipofthetongue or an unintended hint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a trivial example in yesterday's proceedings of how a slipofthetongue can get us into difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That passage cannot have been chucked in as a throwaway line, unless it was a straight slipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I meant to say "knights", but a slipofthetongue often speaks the truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He made what was perhaps a slipofthetongue when he said that there had been increased emission. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that in his more quiescent moments he would not have made such a slipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fairness to him, we also heard him say that that was a slipofthetongue and was unintentional. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that it was a slipofthetongue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Was that true, or was it a slipofthetongue? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a slipofthetongue at one stage he referred to a capital charge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that it was a slipofthetongue when she suggested otherwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is trying to make a point out of a slipofthetongue which has already been explained to him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a slipofthetongue one can sometimes put oneself in a rather peculiar position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of slip of the tongue 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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