gunk

/ɡʌŋk/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡʌŋk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgəŋk/ (ame, mw)

gunk — noun

1. a soft, sticky, dirty substance — like the slimy black layer inside a drain, the

1.名詞C1
釋義

a soft, sticky, dirty substance — like the slimy black layer inside a drain, the greasy film on an old kitchen fan, or the gluey residue left when a sticker is peeled off.

例句

João scraped layers of greasy gunk off the kitchen stove with a metal blade.

collocation: scrape gunk off [surface]

After three years, the bathroom drain was completely blocked with dark, hairy gunk.

collocation: blocked with gunk

同義詞
  • grime

    dirt that has built up over time; less wet, more like a dry coating

  • goo

    soft and sticky but not necessarily dirty — could be food or glue

  • sludge

    thicker and wetter, often industrial or from sewage

  • muck

    broader — any dirty mess, including mud, manure, or wet rubbish

文法句型

gunk on/in [surface]

covered in gunk

用法筆記

Mass noun: never pluralised (no 'gunks'). Often used with a colour or texture adjective ('green gunk', 'sticky gunk', 'greasy gunk') because the speaker can describe what the substance looks like but not what it actually is.

常見錯誤

❌The mechanic removed all the gunks from the engine.
✅The mechanic removed all the gunk from the engine.
💡gunk is uncountable; no plural form.
❌A gunk fell off the ceiling fan.
✅A lump of gunk fell off the ceiling fan.
💡to count it, use a quantifier like 'a lump of', 'a bit of', or 'some'.