gunk

IPA/ɡʌŋk/
IPA/ɡʌŋk/

gunk — 名詞

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

1.名詞C1
釋義

黏稠髒污

黏黏稠稠又骯髒的東西

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.

João 用金屬刮刀把廚房爐台上一層層的油膩黏稠髒污刮掉。

collocation: scrape gunk off [surface]

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

三年下來，浴室排水管被一團黑黑、夾雜頭髮的黏稠髒污完全堵住了。

collocation: blocked with gunk

常見搭配
  • scrape off the gunk
  • blocked with gunk
  • covered in gunk
  • wipe the gunk away
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'.

同根字

  • gunky
    形容詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • drain gunk
  • engine gunk
  • kitchen gunk

常用片語

  • scrape off the gunk
  • clean out the gunk
  • a layer of gunk

介系詞搭配

  • gunk on
  • gunk in
  • covered in gunk