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单词 slosh
释义 slosh
I. \ˈsläsh\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably blend of slop (II) and slush (I)
1.
 a. : a wet sloppy condition underfoot : mud, slush
 b. : a tramp through mud, slush, or puddles
  < a half-mile slosh through a grove of sawed-off trees — Burgess Scott >
2. : a thin poor drink
3. : the slap or splash of liquid (as waves or spilled water)
 < listened to the slosh of the water against the barge — Willard Robertson >
4. : a small quantity of liquid : dash
 < there seemed to be only a slosh of kerosine left >
5. : blow, stroke
 < caught one chap a slosh on the ear he won't forget — Bruce Marshall >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
1. : to slog or splash through water, mud, or slush : flounder
 < rather than slosh over a soggy fairway — R.M.Hodesh >
2. : to wander, walk, or loaf about
3. : to move with the lapping motion of a liquid : gurgle, splash
 < his stomach sloshed with countless cups of coffee — K.M.Dodson >
 < the water sloshed around him, running down his legs — Bill Alcine >
 < saw about 20 gallons of water sloshing around the engine — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to splash (something) about in liquid
  < fills a pan with dry-cleaning fluid and sloshes the hairpiece around in it — R.F.Wallace >
 b. : to splash (a liquid) about or on someone or something
  < had finished systematically sloshing gasoline around — St. Clair McKelway >
 c. : to splash (someone or something) with liquid
  < workmen are sloshing down the open-air-café floors with water — Irwin Shaw >
2. : to pour hastily or clumsily
 < was sloshing out the drinks behind the counter — Bruce Marshall >
3. : to gulp down : guzzle, swill
 < the beer drinker would have to slosh down more than three quarts in less than three hours — Newsweek >
4. Britain : bash, punch, slam, strike
 < you can't very well slosh a child — P.G.Wodehouse >
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