ooze
/uːz/ (bre, ipa) · /uːz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈüz/ (ame, mw)
ooze — 動詞
1. to move out bit by bit from a crack, cut, or tiny gap, or to release a thick liq
滲出；冒出
黏稠液體慢慢流出
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.
走了很長一段路回家後，血開始從繃帶裡滲出。
ooze through [material]
Warm honey oozed from the broken jar onto the picnic table.
溫熱的蜂蜜從破掉的罐子裡滲到野餐桌上。
ooze from [container]
The cut on Ethan's knee oozed all night after soccer practice.
Ethan 踢完足球後，膝蓋上的傷口整晚都在滲出液體。
The pipe oozed black oil into the snow behind the garage.
那根管子慢慢滲出黑色機油，流到車庫後方的雪地上。
Cheese started to ooze out when Mia cut the hot sandwich.
Mia 切開熱三明治時，起司開始冒出來。
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
流露；散發
強烈顯出某種特質
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.
Rosa 就算穿著舊牛仔褲，站上台時還是流露出自信。
ooze [abstract quality]
The small cafe oozes charm with its blue walls and plants.
那間小咖啡館有藍色牆面和綠色植物點綴，處處透著迷人氛圍。
ooze with [quality]
Grace's voice oozed calm during the storm on deck.
甲板上風雨很大時，Grace 的聲音仍流露出平靜。
The sales speech oozed false friendliness from the first minute.
那段推銷講詞從一開始就散發出虛假的友善。
Confidence oozed from Maya as she answered every hard question.
Maya 回答每個難題時，身上都流露出自信。
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 — 名詞
1. soft wet mud or slime lying on a riverbed, lake bed, or sea floor
軟泥；淤泥
水底黏軟的泥層
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.
船竿深深插進碼頭下方的黑色軟泥裡。
collocation: black ooze
Tiny shells were buried in the ooze under the shallow pond water.
淺池水下的淤泥裡埋著小小的貝殼。
The crab vanished into the gray ooze beside the reeds.
那隻螃蟹消失在蘆葦旁的灰色軟泥中。
Workers pulled the old tire from thick ooze near the riverbank.
工人把舊輪胎從河岸旁厚厚的淤泥裡拉出來。
A bad smell rose from the ooze when the lake dried.
湖水乾掉時，軟泥裡冒出一股難聞的氣味。
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
黏液；黏稠物
黏滑的滲出物
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.
Leo 踩到那個玩具時，綠色黏液從裡面漏了出來。
collocation: green ooze
The doctor wiped yellow ooze from the sore on Emma's arm.
醫生擦掉 Emma 手臂傷口上的黃色黏液。
ooze from a sore
Purple ooze covered the lab floor after the glass tube burst.
玻璃管爆開後，紫色黏稠物蓋滿了實驗室地板。
A line of sticky ooze hung from the broken trash bag.
一條黏答答的黏液掛在破掉的垃圾袋上。
The old pumpkin was full of orange ooze and seeds.
那顆老南瓜裡面全是橘色黏液和種子。
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.