单词 | slurry |
释义 | slurryn. 1. a. Thin sloppy mud or cement. Also in extended use, any fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid (usually water), frequently used as a convenient form in which to handle solids in bulk. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > a semi-fluid substance or mass sklucec1430 pap1435 slurryc1440 cream1540 batter1601 slabbermenta1620 swill1665 soss1691 porridge1700 cremor1701 sludge1702 semifluid1731 sludder1796 sloppery1832 slob1885 slabber1887 slather1928 gunk1949 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > industrial solution slurryc1440 sauce1836 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > thin or soft addleOE slougha1225 mirec1390 slurc1440 slurryc1440 sludge1702 slush1772 slop1796 slosh1808 stabble1821 sposh1836 sleck1840 flop1844 squad1847 slather1876 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 203/2 Gore, or slory, limus, tessequa. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 492 A nearly semi-fluid mass of ‘slurry’, which settles down like glue to the bottom of the wagon. 1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. IV. 187/2 The sand..should be watered until it..can be worked up into slurry with brooms. 1901 Longman's Mag. Sept. 396 Its sluggish streak of creeping slurry miscalled a creek. 1935 Discovery Apr. 119/1 The strata are pounded into a ‘slurry’ by the constant rising and falling of the heavy drilling tools. 1948 Chambers's Jrnl. July 388/1 The idea here is to break up the turf bank face by means of high-pressure jets, like firemen's hoses, into slurry. 1955 Sci. News Let. 20 Aug. 115/2 The U.S.-designed power plant..uses..thorium oxide slurry in heavy water in another part of the device, called a homogenous reactor. 1961 Aeroplane 101 342/3 Whatever form of contaminant is selected, it is first mixed with kerosene to form a ‘slurry’, so representing the normal state in which it would pass through a filter in service. 1975 Nature 30 Oct. 818/1 In a second experiment, another batch of about 3 ml of the packed cell slurry was resuspended in the culture medium. b. spec. A mixture of water and fine particles of coal, produced esp. as a by-product of the washing of coal; such material in dried form, used as fuel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > coal-derived fuel coal ball1603 pipe-coal1612 hotshot1673 hotshoot1704 fireball1735 brickette1806 briquette1884 coal slurry1912 slurry1913 semi-coke1918 Phurnacite1937 syncrude1971 1913 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers XLV. 429 Where the moisture percentage is not over 5, the small dust measuring less than 1 cubic millimetre (which is the cause of all the slurry trouble) can be just as efficiently treated by dry-percussive screening as by any other method. 1930 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 78 27 It cannot be claimed that slurry is a suitable fuel for pulverizing. 1955 Times 4 July 15/5 They [sc. the N.C.B.] have been using a new type of mechanical stoker, which is fully automatic, to burn slurry—fine particles of coal and soluble shale which is rejected from washeries. 1976 ‘R. Lewis’ Witness my Death v. 180 That tip up there, it's full of water. The slurry is drifting down. c. spec. A mixture of manure or farmyard waste and water; manure in fluid form. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > dunging > dung dungOE muckc1268 dunging?1440 fimea1475 fulyiec1480 tath1492 soil1607 street soil1607 dung-water1608 soiling1610 mucking1611 short dung, manure, muck1618 folding1626 muck water1626 stable manure1629 long dung1658 spit-dunga1671 stercoration1694 street dirt1694 horse-litter1721 pot-dunga1722 sock1790 street manure1793 police manure1825 fold-manure1829 slurry1965 1965 Punch 22 Dec. 932/2 In a modern fattening house..the manure from several hundred swine falls through slatted floors into tanks beneath the building where a daily dose of water soon turns it into a forbidding quantity of evil-smelling slurry. 1970 R. Jeffries Dead Man's Bluff i. 5 He went through from the dairy into the herringbone parlour and stared..at the two days' accumulation of slurry. 1971 Farmers Weekly 19 Mar. 48/4 It takes one man about six minutes a day to clear away the slurry and a bit longer to put out the hay. 2. In technical use: (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > siftings or refuse mill dust1354 roughc1460 overchaving1607 sid1673 grey meal?1771 shag1822 slurry1825 slush1843 slutch1851 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > inequalities due to superfluous material slurry1825 a. b.1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Slorry, Slurry, the levigated matter which forms under a grindstone.c.1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron 466 Subsequently running in slurry—that is, a semi-fluid mixture of ganister and fire-clay with water—around the inside of the twyer so as to make a good joint.1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Slurry, a term used in foundries to signify dirty water, or black wash, and in a general way any fluid used in moulding.1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 462 (Pottery) The thrower..forms the inside of the vessel.., and smoothes it by removing the slurry, or inequalities. 1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass 46 By the assistance of one of these [instruments] the inside is smoothed and any inequalities, technically called slurry, are removed. Compounds C1. General attributive. slurry disposal adj. ΚΠ 1970 R. Jeffries Dead Man's Bluff i. 5 He stared angrily at..the slurry disposal unit. slurry pipeline n. ΚΠ 1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Dec. 9/3 Kaiser..was contemplating a slurry pipeline to the coast as an alternative to rail. slurry pit n. ΚΠ 1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 13/4 There was a slurry pit also under a byre, made of slate. slurry pump n. ΚΠ 1940 F. A. Kristal & F. A. Annett Pumps Index 338/2 Slurry pumps. 1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 34/3 (advt.) Alfa Laval slurry pumps. slurry refiner n. ΚΠ 1916 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers LI. 272 With the combination of this slurry-refiner and the elevated settling-tank.., it has been found possible to work a washery, year in and year out, without any outlet whatever. slurry tank n. ΚΠ 1936 Economist 25 Apr. 213/2 Property account has been increased to £12,557 by the addition of the slurry tanks and quartz deposit. slurry tanker n. ΚΠ 1971 Farmers Weekly (Extra) 19 Mar. 5/1 (advt.) We know we have the best slurry tanker. C2. slurry seal n. (see quot. 1967). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > mixture of binder, aggregate and filler slurry seal1967 1967 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 30 Slurry seal, a mixture of binder, fine aggregate and mineral filler with water added to produce a material of slurry consistency. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 7 Feb. 5/6 Slurry seal is a tar-like chemical substance that is spread on city streets to preserve them. It is cheaper than asphalt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slurryadj. Blurred, indistinct: now usually of speech. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct dimc1000 blinda1398 undistingued1398 obscure?a1450 undistinct1495 shadowed1588 undistinguishable1600 shady1626 blear1637 filmed1637 indistinguishable1642 crepusculous1646 adumbrated1650 oblite1650 faint1660 monogrammous1678 blurred1701 faintish1712 wispya1717 adumbrant1727 muzzy1744 indistinct1764 fuzzy1778 misty1797 shadowy1797 undistinguished1814 woolly1815 vague1822 furzy1825 mystified1833 slurred1843 feeble1860 smudginga1861 filmy1864 smudgy1865 blurry1884 slurry1937 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct > of speech thicka1398 clipped1483 unlanguaged1677 slurred1746 slithering1840 slurring1848 mushmouth1902 mushmouthed1909 slurry1937 side-of-the-mouth1939 1937 Daily Express 12 Feb. 5/3 This is the way to detect a forgery— look for notes that are rather blurred or ‘slurry’. Derivatives ˈslurrily adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner closely1564 mafflingly1565 thick1589 fumblingly1598 mumblingly1662 grumblingly1677 mutteringlyc1681 clippingly1849 amutter1856 splutteringly1941 splodgily1963 slurrily1969 1969 ‘H. Calvin’ Chosen Instrument ii. 22 ‘We own nothing, we need nothing,’ the fat boy said slurrily. 1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman xv. 174 ‘Why leave the bodies everywhere?’ Willie demanded, driven..to speak his mind, if a little slurrily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). slurryv. Now dialect. transitive. To dirty, soil, smear, daub, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)] uncleanseOE horyc1200 befoulc1320 behorewe1340 file1340 flobber1377 smatterc1386 foulc1400 slurryc1440 filtha1450 sowla1450 sollc1480 bawdy1495 squagea1500 arrayc1525 ray1526 bawdc1529 beray1530 filthify1545 belime1555 soss1557 embroyn1566 dirt1570 filthy1581 turpifya1586 dirty1591 muck1618 bedirt1622 bedirty1623 smooch1631 dight1632 fewma1637 snuddle1661 bepaw1684 puddle1698 nasty1707 muddify1739 scavenger1806 mucky1828 squalidize1837 mullock1861 muddy1893 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 460/1 Sloryyd, cenosus, cenolentus, lutulentus. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Slorye or make fowle, sordido. a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 252 Though you lye in the darke, slorryed wyth the bishoppes blacke cole dust, yet [etc.]. 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 231v Malicious persons, who..soyle, slurrie, and file the garmentes of our neighbours. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 195 As they that soile and slourry writing tables when they be faire scoured and clensed. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. 299 Amiantus..being put into the fire, is not hurt nor slurried. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. To Slorie, or make foule. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Slurry, to daub, to dirty. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Slorry, to plaster, daub over. Derivatives ˈslurrying n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling soilure1297 sowlingc1440 smirching1495 soiling1580 soilth1581 slurrying1600 smutching1611 aspersion1614 sullya1616 sullying1629 dabbling1677 soilage1926 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 363 The slurrying which was used toward him,..hath made him shine the brighter. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Souillement, a soyling, slurrying, durtying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440adj.1937v.c1440 |
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