slime

noun
🔊/slaɪm/
🔊/slaɪm/
[uncountable]
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  1. any unpleasant thick liquid substance污浊的泥浆;(恶心的)黏液
    • The pond was full of mud and green slime.池子里满是淤泥和绿色的污水。🔊🔊
    • Snails and slugs leave a trail of slime.蜗牛和子弹留下一丝泥。
    • the primeval slime from which all life developed生命起源的原生浆液
    see also slimy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • thick
    • primeval
    • primordial
    verb + slime
    • be covered in
    • be covered with
    • produce
    slime + verb
    • ooze
    slime + noun
    • mould/​mold
    phrases
    • a trail of slime
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    Word OriginOld English slīm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slijm and German Schleim ‘mucus, slime’, Latin limus ‘mud’, and Greek limnē ‘marsh’.