slosh
slosh — 名詞
1. Snow or ice that has started to melt and become a wet, heavy, dirty mixture on t
雪泥；泥濘
部分融化的雪或軟泥
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.
暴風雪過後，街道上覆蓋著棕色雪泥，滲透了 Priya 的靴子。
uncountable noun: covered in + slosh
The children's boots left deep marks in the wet slosh on the playground.
孩子們的靴子在操場的濕泥濘中留下深深的痕跡。
Drivers slowed down to avoid spraying slosh onto people waiting at the bus stop.
駕駛人放慢速度，以免把雪泥噴濺到公車站等車的人身上。
By noon the beautiful white snow had turned into grey slosh on the sidewalks.
到了中午，美麗的白雪已經在行人道上變成灰色的雪泥。
Koji wiped the dog's paws clean before it could track slosh into the living room.
Koji 在狗把泥濘帶進客廳之前，先把狗爪擦乾淨。
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
潑濺聲
液體拍打或晃動的聲音
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.
Oluwaseun 聽見船在洶湧的海面上搖晃時發出的水花潑濺聲。
pattern: the slosh of [liquid]
The only sound in the quiet harbour was the gentle slosh of waves against the wooden dock.
安靜的港灣裡唯一的聲音，是海浪輕輕拍打木造碼頭的潑濺聲。
With a loud slosh, the bucket of paint tipped over onto the garage floor.
隨著一聲響亮的潑濺，那桶油漆翻倒在車庫地板上。
Aisha listened to the slosh of soup in her thermos as she walked to school.
Aisha 一邊走路上學，一邊聽著保溫瓶裡濃湯晃動的潑濺聲。
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 — 動詞
- 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
晃動；潑灑
液體在容器內晃動或使液體潑出
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.
Yuki 提著水桶穿過院子時，水在桶裡晃來晃去。
intransitive: sloshed + around + in [container]
Coffee sloshed over the rim of Ahmed's mug when the train suddenly stopped.
火車突然煞車，咖啡從 Ahmed 的馬克杯邊緣潑灑出來。
Maria poured the juice too quickly and sloshed it onto the kitchen counter.
Maria 倒果汁倒得太快，結果潑灑到了廚房流理臺上。
The waves sloshed against the sides of the swimming pool during the storm.
暴風雨期間，海浪晃動沖撞著游泳池的池壁。
Wei sloshed the cleaning solution around in the bottle before spraying it on the window.
Wei 把清潔劑在瓶子裡搖晃均勻，然後噴在窗戶上。
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
涉水而行
在泥濘或水中吃力行走
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.
大雨過後，孩子們涉水走過水窪回家。
pattern: sloshed through [wet surface]
Dmitri sloshed across the muddy field to reach the broken fence before dark.
Dmitri 踩著泥濘穿過田地，趕在天黑前到達損壞的籬笆。
The hikers sloshed along the flooded trail, their boots heavy with water.
登山客沿著淹水的步道涉水前進，靴子裡灌滿了水。
Zara sloshed through the wet grass, trying to get back to the car before the storm began.
Zara 踩著濕漉漉的草地涉水而行，想趕在暴風雨來臨前回到車上。
My shoes filled with water as I sloshed across the flooded parking lot after work.
下班後我涉水走過淹水的停車場，鞋子裡灌滿了水。
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.