ooze
/uːz/ (bre, ipa) · /uːz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈüz/ (ame, mw)
ooze — verb
1. to move out bit by bit from a crack, cut, or tiny gap, or to release a thick liq
to move out bit by bit from a crack, cut, or tiny gap, or to release a thick liquid in this slow way
Blood began to ooze through the bandage after the long walk home.
ooze through [material]
Warm honey oozed from the broken jar onto the picnic table.
ooze from [container]
The cut on Ethan's knee oozed all night after soccer practice.
The pipe oozed black oil into the snow behind the garage.
Cheese started to ooze out when Mia cut the hot sandwich.
文法句型
ooze from [place]
ooze through [material]
ooze out of [container]
ooze [liquid]
用法筆記
Most often used for thick or unpleasant liquids such as blood, oil, pus, sap, or melted food. In this sense, from, out of, and through often show the source or path.
常見錯誤
2. to make a feeling or quality very obvious without trying, or to be full of that
to make a feeling or quality very obvious without trying, or to be full of that feeling or quality
Even in old jeans, Rosa oozed confidence on the stage.
ooze [abstract quality]
The small cafe oozes charm with its blue walls and plants.
ooze with [quality]
Grace's voice oozed calm during the storm on deck.
The sales speech oozed false friendliness from the first minute.
Confidence oozed from Maya as she answered every hard question.
文法句型
ooze [quality]
ooze with [quality]
[quality] oozes from [person or thing]
用法筆記
Usually takes an abstract noun such as confidence, charm, or menace, not a physical object. It often sounds strong and can suggest that the quality is almost impossible to miss.
常見錯誤
ooze — noun
1. soft wet mud or slime lying on a riverbed, lake bed, or sea floor
soft wet mud or slime lying on a riverbed, lake bed, or sea floor
The boat pole sank deep into the black ooze below the dock.
collocation: black ooze
Tiny shells were buried in the ooze under the shallow pond water.
The crab vanished into the gray ooze beside the reeds.
Workers pulled the old tire from thick ooze near the riverbank.
A bad smell rose from the ooze when the lake dried.
文法句型
sink into ooze
ooze under the water
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. It is used for natural wet deposits in water, not for ordinary mud on a path or in a garden.
常見錯誤
2. a thick sticky or slimy substance that has come out of a place, cut, or containe
a thick sticky or slimy substance that has come out of a place, cut, or container
Green ooze leaked from the toy when Leo stepped on it.
collocation: green ooze
The doctor wiped yellow ooze from the sore on Emma's arm.
ooze from a sore
Purple ooze covered the lab floor after the glass tube burst.
A line of sticky ooze hung from the broken trash bag.
The old pumpkin was full of orange ooze and seeds.
文法句型
green ooze
ooze from a sore
sticky ooze
用法筆記
Distinguish from noun/1: this sense names the sticky stuff itself, often from a wound, machine, bag, or broken object, not mud resting in water.