slop
/slɒp/ (bre, ipa) · /slɑːp/ (ame, ipa)
slop — 動詞
- sloppresent simple I / you / we / they
- slopshe / she / it
- sloppedpast simple
- slopping-ing form
1. to make a liquid go over the side of a cup, bowl, or other container, usually be
潑灑；濺出
因動作粗魯使液體溢出容器
to make a liquid go over the side of a cup, bowl, or other container, usually because you move it roughly or without enough care.
Zayd slopped hot coffee over the desk while reaching for the phone.
Zayd 伸手去拿電話時，把熱咖啡潑灑在桌上。
slop + liquid + over [surface]
The waiter carried the soup so fast that it slopped onto the floor.
那名服務生湯端得太快，結果濺到了地板上。
Tea slopped over the rim of the cup as the train shook.
火車一晃，茶就從杯緣溢了出來。
Paloma filled the bucket too full, and dirty water slopped down her legs.
Paloma 水桶裝得太滿，髒水濺得她整條腿都是。
Be careful not to slop paint on the carpet while you stir it.
攪油漆時小心別把油漆濺到地毯上。
文法句型
slop + liquid + over/onto
liquid + slop + over the edge
用法筆記
Subject is usually a careless person or an unsteady container; the liquid lands somewhere unwanted. Often paired with prepositions like 'over', 'onto', or 'down'.
常見錯誤
2. to walk heavily and noisily through mud, melting snow, or soft wet ground.
踩著泥水走
在泥濘或濕地上沉重地走動
to walk heavily and noisily through mud, melting snow, or soft wet ground.
The farmers slopped through the flooded field to reach the trapped sheep.
農夫們踩著泥水穿過淹水的田地，去救受困的羊。
slop through + [wet ground]
Ingrid slopped across the muddy yard in her brother's heavy boots.
Ingrid 穿著哥哥的大靴子，踩著泥水走過泥濘的院子。
After the storm, the children slopped happily through every puddle on the lane.
暴風雨過後，孩子們開心地踩著小路上的每個水坑走過去。
The hikers slopped down the wet hillside, sinking deeper with each step.
登山客踩著泥水走下濕滑的山坡，每一步都越陷越深。
文法句型
slop through/across + [wet ground]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here nothing is being spilled. The verb describes a person moving through wet, soft ground, and almost always needs a direction word such as 'through' or 'across'.
3. to give wet food waste to farm animals, especially pigs.
餵豬；餵牲口
拿濕廚餘餵養豬等家畜
to give wet food waste to farm animals, especially pigs.
Every morning before school, Quan slopped the pigs behind the barn.
每天上學前，Quan 都會到穀倉後面餵豬。
slop + [farm animal]
The old farmer slopped his hogs with leftover potatoes and sour milk.
那位老農用剩下的馬鈴薯和酸掉的牛奶餵他的豬。
slop + [animal] + with [food waste]
Zola fed the hens first, then slopped the two fat pigs near the gate.
Zola 先餵了母雞，再去餵柵門旁那兩頭肥豬。
The children took turns slopping the goats at their grandfather's farm.
孩子們在爺爺的農場輪流餵那些山羊。
- feed
general and neutral; 'slop' specifically means feeding wet waste to livestock
文法句型
slop + [animal]
用法筆記
Object is almost always pigs or other farm animals. The food given is the noun 'slop' (sense 1), so the verb and noun are closely linked.
slop — 名詞
1. wet kitchen leftovers, often stirred together with water or old milk, that are g
餿水；泔水
餵家畜的濕廚餘
wet kitchen leftovers, often stirred together with water or old milk, that are given to farm animals such as pigs.
The farmer poured a bucket of slop into the trough for the hungry pigs.
農夫把一桶餿水倒進食槽，給飢餓的豬吃。
uncountable: a bucket of slop
Liam saved all the vegetable peelings as slop for his neighbour's hogs.
Liam 把所有菜皮都留起來，當作鄰居豬隻的餿水。
slop as [animal feed]
The smell of warm slop filled the barn where the pigs were waiting.
溫熱餿水的味道瀰漫在等著餵食的豬所在的穀倉裡。
Each evening Ryo carried the heavy pail of slop down to the pigsty.
每天傍晚，Ryo 都提著沉重的餿水桶走到豬圈。
- swill
near-synonym for liquid food waste fed to pigs; slightly more old-fashioned
用法筆記
Uncountable; never used with 'a' or in the plural for this meaning. The food is specifically waste mixed with liquid, not dry animal feed like grain.
常見錯誤
2. food or drink that tastes bad because it is too thin, watery, or weak.
難吃稀食
稀薄無味、令人倒胃的食物或飲料
food or drink that tastes bad because it is too thin, watery, or weak.
Élise pushed away the grey soup, calling it tasteless slop from the canteen.
Élise 把那碗灰灰的湯推開，說那是餐廳裡淡而無味的稀食。
slop = [unappetising watery food]
The hospital coffee was cold, weak slop that nobody wanted to drink.
醫院的咖啡又冷又淡，是沒人想喝的難喝稀飲。
After a week of camp slop, the hikers dreamed of a proper hot meal.
吃了一週的營地稀食後，登山客都好想來頓像樣的熱飯。
Kasia complained that the watery stew was little more than warm slop.
Kasia 抱怨那鍋稀稀的燉菜根本只是熱稀食而已。
用法筆記
Uncountable and strongly negative; used to complain about food that is unpleasantly runny or weak. Distinguish from sense 1: here a person is eating it, not an animal.
3. poor internet material, such as articles, pictures, or videos, made cheaply and
劣質網路內容
多由AI大量生成的低品質網路內容
poor internet material, such as articles, pictures, or videos, made cheaply and in large amounts, often by a computer program rather than a person.
Shirin scrolled past pages of AI slop before finding one honest review.
Shirin 滑過一頁頁的 AI 劣質內容，才找到一篇真誠的評論。
AI slop = low-quality machine-made content
The blog was full of slop: fake recipes that no real cook had tested.
那個部落格滿是劣質內容：全是沒有真正廚師試過的假食譜。
Readers grew tired of the cheap slop that flooded the news site each day.
讀者厭倦了每天灌爆那個新聞網站的廉價劣質內容。
Aarav warned that search results were now buried under generated slop.
Aarav 警告說，搜尋結果如今都被生成的劣質內容淹沒了。
用法筆記
A recent, informal sense, often in the phrase 'AI slop'. Uncountable. Implies the content was made fast and in bulk with little human effort or accuracy.
4. soft, wet mud or half-melted snow that you sink into or splash through.
爛泥；泥濘
濕軟的泥巴或半融的雪
soft, wet mud or half-melted snow that you sink into or splash through.
Adisa's boots disappeared into the thick slop at the edge of the river.
Adisa 的靴子陷進了河邊那灘厚厚的爛泥裡。
slop = [soft wet mud]
After three days of rain, the path turned into ankle-deep brown slop.
下了三天雨後，那條小路變成了深及腳踝的褐色爛泥。
The dog rolled in the cold slop and came back covered in grey mud.
那隻狗在冰冷的爛泥裡打滾，回來時沾了一身灰泥。
Cars sprayed melting slop across the pavement on the busy winter street.
車子在繁忙的冬日街道上，把融化的爛泥濺得人行道上到處都是。
用法筆記
Uncountable. Refers to ground that is wet enough to be soft and messy, somewhere between mud and slush. Links to verb sense 2 (slopping through wet ground).
5. a piece of writing, a speech, or a song that people mock for being far too sweet
濫情之作
過度甜膩、煽情的文字或音樂
a piece of writing, a speech, or a song that people mock for being far too sweet and full of soft emotion.
Critics dismissed the love song as sentimental slop with no real feeling.
樂評把那首情歌貶為濫情之作，毫無真情實感。
slop = [over-sweet emotional content]
Christopher rolled his eyes at the greeting-card slop printed inside the gift.
Christopher 看到禮物裡那張賀卡上肉麻的濫情字句，翻了個白眼。
The speech turned into pure slop, all tears and empty praise for the boss.
那場演說淪為純粹的濫情，盡是眼淚和對老闆的空洞讚美。
Ravindra found the romance novel to be slop, sweet enough to make him groan.
Ravindra 覺得那本愛情小說是濫情之作，甜到讓他直呻吟。
用法筆記
Uncountable and dismissive; used to mock emotional writing or music seen as cheap and insincere. Distinguish from sense 2: here the target is words or music, not food.