| 释义 |
▪ I. splodge, n.|splɒdʒ|
[Cf. next and splotch n.]
A thick, heavy, or clumsy splotch.
1854Househ. Words IX. 74/1 She was a dollop of dripping, a splodge of grease. 1862Sala Accepted Addr. 275 The monstrous splodges of colour the marvellous man sent of late years to the..exhibitions. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & Eve xxviii. 388 To..display the two splodges of red sealing-wax.
▪ II. splodge, v.|splɒdʒ|
[Imitative of the sound.]
1. intr. To trudge or plod splashily through mud or water.
1859A. Whitehead Leg. (1896) 56 (E.D.D.), Away he splodg'd in pensive mood, Towards the temple in the wood. 1899F. V. Kirby Sport E.C. Africa ix. 106 As I had braved the first [muddy channel] and got wet through, I ‘splodged’ through them all in succession.
2. Used adverbially: With a heavy splash.
1898H. Kirke 25 Yrs. Brit. Guiana 180, I had hardly spoken when splodge! splodge! came the rain in my face.
Hence ˈsplodger. (See quot.)
1860Slang Dict. 224 Splodger, a lout, an awkward countryman. |