slosh
slosh — noun
1. Snow or ice that has started to melt and become a wet, heavy, dirty mixture on t
Snow or ice that has started to melt and become a wet, heavy, dirty mixture on the ground; soft, wet mud that is messy to walk through.
After the snowstorm, the streets were covered in brown slosh that soaked through Priya's boots.
uncountable noun: covered in + slosh
The children's boots left deep marks in the wet slosh on the playground.
Drivers slowed down to avoid spraying slosh onto people waiting at the bus stop.
By noon the beautiful white snow had turned into grey slosh on the sidewalks.
Koji wiped the dog's paws clean before it could track slosh into the living room.
用法筆記
Uncountable noun — do not say 'a slosh' when referring to the wet mixture. Use quantifiers like 'some slosh' or 'a patch of slosh'.
常見錯誤
2. The wet sound that a liquid makes when it hits a surface, moves around inside a
The wet sound that a liquid makes when it hits a surface, moves around inside a container, or is disturbed by movement.
Oluwaseun heard the slosh of water as the boat rocked in the rough sea.
pattern: the slosh of [liquid]
The only sound in the quiet harbour was the gentle slosh of waves against the wooden dock.
With a loud slosh, the bucket of paint tipped over onto the garage floor.
Aisha listened to the slosh of soup in her thermos as she walked to school.
用法筆記
Usually singular. Often appears in the pattern 'the slosh of [something]' to describe a specific liquid sound. Less common than 'splash'.
slosh — verb
- sloshpresent simple I / you / we / they
- slosheshe / she / it
- sloshedpast simple
- sloshing-ing form
1. To move with a wet, noisy, splashing motion inside a container; or to cause a li
To move with a wet, noisy, splashing motion inside a container; or to cause a liquid to move in this way by shaking, carrying, or moving the container.
The water sloshed around in the bucket as Yuki carried it across the yard.
intransitive: sloshed + around + in [container]
Coffee sloshed over the rim of Ahmed's mug when the train suddenly stopped.
Maria poured the juice too quickly and sloshed it onto the kitchen counter.
The waves sloshed against the sides of the swimming pool during the storm.
Wei sloshed the cleaning solution around in the bottle before spraying it on the window.
文法句型
slosh + adverb of direction (around, about, over)
slosh + object + adverb of direction
用法筆記
Can be used both with and without an object. When transitive (you slosh something), the subject causes the liquid to move. When intransitive, the liquid moves by itself due to outside forces.
常見錯誤
2. To walk or move with effort through water, mud, or soft wet ground, making splas
To walk or move with effort through water, mud, or soft wet ground, making splashing sounds with each step.
After the heavy rain the children sloshed through the puddles on their way home.
pattern: sloshed through [wet surface]
Dmitri sloshed across the muddy field to reach the broken fence before dark.
The hikers sloshed along the flooded trail, their boots heavy with water.
Zara sloshed through the wet grass, trying to get back to the car before the storm began.
My shoes filled with water as I sloshed across the flooded parking lot after work.
文法句型
slosh + through/across/along + noun phrase
用法筆記
Always intransitive. The subject is a person or animal moving through a wet surface. The prepositional phrase (through/across/along + place) is essential to complete the meaning.