| 单词 | sludge |
| 释义 | sludge (once / 10287 pages) n Sludge is thick, damp, almost sticky stuff. If your friend dares you to climb through an old sewer pipe, you might want to check first to see if it's full of sludge. Sludge is often used to talk about the byproduct of a process like sewage treatment or oil refining, but you can use it for any viscous goop. Sludge floating in your fish tank is a sign that you should clean the water, and sludge inside a car's engine can affect the way the car runs. Sludge is a bit of a mystery — it may come from the Middle English slutch, "mud," or might be related to slush. WORD FAMILYsludge: sludges USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, “insurance” was simply a name to continue the sludge of handouts under a new guise, providing farmers with higher prices than markets provided. Wall Street Journal(Dec 11, 2016) That sludge will be piped to an injection well underground at a higher elevation. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) In order to begin the upgrades, the county needs to complete a $23 million sludge removal project at the plant. Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1n any thick, viscous matter Syn|Hypo|Hyper goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime sapropel sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans matter that which has mass and occupies space 2n the precipitate produced by sewage treatment Hyper precipitate a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
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