slime
/slaɪm/ (bre, ipa) · [slˈaɪm] /slaɪm/ (ame, ipa) · [slˈaɪm] /ˈslīm How to pronounce slime (audio)/ (ame, mw)
slime — 名詞
1. a thick wet substance that feels slippery and unpleasant, especially on animals
黏液；黏泥
魚身或潮濕處的黏滑髒物
a thick wet substance that feels slippery and unpleasant, especially on animals or in dirty water
Selim slipped when black slime spread across the riverside path.
Selim 在河邊小路上踩到黑色黏泥滑了一下。
collocation: black slime
The fisherman rinsed fish slime from his hands in the harbor.
那位漁夫在港邊把手上的魚黏液沖掉。
collocation: fish slime
Dark slime clung to the stones below the broken drain.
深色黏液附著在壞掉排水口下方的石頭上。
Ife scraped green slime off the pond ladder before climbing out.
Ife 爬出池塘前，先把梯子上的綠色黏泥刮掉。
文法句型
covered in slime
green slime on [surface]
fish slime
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. Use this sense for naturally occurring slippery matter on fish, snails, stones, or wet surfaces, not for the toy material in noun/2.
常見錯誤
2. a soft colored gel that children squeeze, stretch, and shape for fun
史萊姆
小孩玩的彩色黏膠玩具
a soft colored gel that children squeeze, stretch, and shape for fun
Emily mixed pink slime at the table after school ended.
Emily 放學後在桌上調出了粉紅色史萊姆。
pattern: make slime
The children stretched glitter slime across the tray and laughed.
孩子們把亮粉史萊姆在托盤上拉開，笑個不停。
collocation: glitter slime
João kept his blue slime in a box under the bed.
João 把藍色史萊姆收在床底下的一個盒子裡。
Vikram rolled the slime into a ball and hid it in his desk.
Vikram 把史萊姆揉成一球，藏進自己的書桌裡。
文法句型
make slime
play with slime
pink slime
glitter slime
用法筆記
This sense is the brightly colored toy material sold for stretching and squeezing. Distinguish it from noun/1, which refers to unpleasant natural slime.
常見錯誤
slime — 動詞
- slimepresent simple I / you / we / they
- slimes3rd person singular
- sliming-ing form
- slimedpast simple
1. to leave something covered with a slippery wet layer, or to spread such matter o
沾滿黏液
讓表面覆上一層黏滑物
to leave something covered with a slippery wet layer, or to spread such matter over it
Green water slimed the steps beside the old boat shed.
綠色積水讓舊船屋旁的階梯沾滿黏液。
transitive: slime + surface
The prank show slimed Omar's jacket in front of the crowd.
那個惡作劇節目當著人群的面，把 Omar 的外套弄得滿是黏液。
Wet weeds slimed the stones around the village fountain.
濕答答的水草讓村裡噴泉周圍的石頭都變得黏滑。
By noon, the leaking pipe had slimed the kitchen wall.
到了中午，那根漏水的管子已把廚房牆面弄得黏滑。
文法句型
slime [surface]
slime [object] with [substance]
用法筆記
This sense normally takes a direct object and focuses on the dirty coating left behind. It is different from verb/3, where the thing itself becomes slimy.
常見錯誤
2. to take the slippery outer layer off something, especially a fish before further
刮除黏液
把魚等表面的滑黏層清掉
to take the slippery outer layer off something, especially a fish before further handling
The cook slimed the fresh fish before putting them on ice.
廚師在把鮮魚放上冰之前，先把表面的黏液刮除。
pattern: slime + fish
At dawn, Minh slimed the carp beside a bucket of cold water.
天一亮，Minh 就在一桶冷水旁替鯉魚刮除黏液。
Factory staff slimed the catch before the cans were sealed.
工廠人員在封罐前，先替這批漁獲刮除黏液。
The guide showed us how to slime trout without tearing the skin.
那位嚮導教我們怎麼替鱒魚刮除黏液，又不會把魚皮弄破。
文法句型
slime [fish]
slime the catch
slime trout
用法筆記
A specialized processing verb. It is mainly used for fish or similar food-preparation contexts, not for ordinary cleaning.
常見錯誤
3. to become wet, slippery, and coated with a sticky layer
變得黏滑
表面變成濕滑又有黏性
to become wet, slippery, and coated with a sticky layer
The leftover noodles slimed in the bowl by the next afternoon.
剩下的麵到隔天下午還留在碗裡，已經變得黏滑。
intransitive: thing slimes
After two days of rain, the wood steps slimed quickly.
下了兩天雨後，那些木階很快就變得黏滑。
Warm soup will slime if you leave it out overnight.
熱湯如果放在外面過夜，就會變得黏滑。
The wet ropes slimed and smelled bad after the flood.
那幾條濕繩子在淹水後變得黏滑，還散出臭味。
- turn slimy
the plain multi-word equivalent
- go bad
broader and focuses on spoilage, not surface texture
- dry
to lose surface moisture instead of becoming slippery
文法句型
[thing] slimes
slime in [place]
slime after [time]
用法筆記
The subject is the thing that changes state. Distinguish it from verb/1, where an outside substance makes something else slimy.