单词 | slosh |
释义 | slosh (once / 12641 pages) v When liquid things slosh, they move with a splash. If you stumble as you're carrying a cup of coffee to the table, your coffee may slosh over the edge of the cup. Only something that's wet can slosh — water might slosh around in the bottom of a leaky rowboat, and soapsuds can slosh in a bathtub when a happy kid gets in. You can slosh tea into a mug, or slosh through puddles in your rain boots. The 1800's meaning of slosh was "slush or sludge," and the Middle English definition was "muddy place," probably from a combination of slush and slop. WORD FAMILYslosh: sloshed, sloshes, sloshing USAGE EXAMPLES“Sloshing is a really complicated thing,” she said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) Soldiers carried the coffins into the stadium, sloshing through the muddy field filled with funeral wreaths, club and national flags, and other tributes. Washington Post(Dec 03, 2016) While low rates sound great, the central bank got jittery that there was too much cash sloshing around. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) 1v spill or splash copiously or clumsily slosh paint all over the walls Syn|Hyper slosh around, slush, slush around plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash dash a liquid upon or against 2v make a splashing sound Syn|Hyper slush, splash, splosh go, sound make a certain noise or sound 3v walk through mud or mire Syn|Hyper slop, splash, splosh, squelch, squish footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud |
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