单词 | sposh |
释义 | sposhn. U.S. colloquial (chiefly regional (New England)). Now rare. Mud; slush. Also (occasionally) in extended use. sposh ice n. ice formed from refreezing slush. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > mud loamc725 fenc897 addleOE fanc1340 mudc1400 slutchc1400 slikec1425 slipc1440 slobber1440 sorec1440 sludge1649 mux1746 gutter1785 slakec1800 sposh1836 mudge1848 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 1836 Peter Parley's Almanac 32 Wo to those..who are journeying through the mud and sposh with their sleighs. 1853 Knickerbocker Sept. 246 We found ourselves under necessity to land on account of the ‘sposh ice’ thickening round us. 1884 J. Burroughs Birds & Poets 109 Yellow sposh and mud and water everywhere. 1901 M. Devereux Up & Down Sands of Gold (1905) xxxvi. 383 Did n't we hev a lot o' sposh this spring, when the snow come to go? 1913 G. W. Hinckley Roughing it with Boys iv. 126 The ‘sposh’ is so deep on the lake, that we can not walk in it. a1945 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2012) V. 197/2 A congealed sposh that I believe is called frozen salad. a1965 in H. B. Hough Vineyard Gaz. Reader (1967) 69 The refreshments..consisted of cookies & crackers & salted nuts & coffee & a strange sort of congealed sposh that I believe is called frozen salad. 1972 Wayne Independent (Honesdale, Pa.) 20 Jan. 10/3 The cold put frost deep and filled the river with sposh ice again. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] slabby1542 pottagy1565 uliginous1576 softa1593 slabbery1600 creamy1610 slutchy1627 slabberish1648 pappy1662 semifluid1775 sloppy1794 sloshy1797 custardy1824 viscous1830 gruelly1838 sposhy1842 squishy1847 squitchy1851 pea-soupy1859 porridgey1859 soupy1869 custardly1870 gloopy1929 gunky1937 spawn-like1938 squodgy1970 gloppy1976 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) wetc893 moista1398 waterya1398 moistya1500 waterish1545 washy1566 rotten1567 slabby1653 weety1658 late1673 fresh1790 slottery1790 soft1812 givey1829 juicy1837 sploshy1838 sposhy1842 slip-sloppya1845 splishy-splashyc1850 shabby1853 soppy1872 sappy1885 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and moist bloatc1300 relented?1440 sposhy1842 squelchy1843 givey1859 1842 Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 96 I can't always decipher quail tracks—specially in sposhy weather. 1884 S. O. Jewett Country Doctor iii. 22 The sposhy apples that grows in wet ground. 1903 C. B. Loomis Cheerful Americans 47 I left the machine hurriedly, and as I sat down on the sposhy lawn I heard a tremendous but not unmusical sound of falling glass. 1914 M. Todd Peru x. 124 Another grave must be dug on the sposhy banks of the Amazon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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