Word · Frequency #11640
ooze
软泥；淤泥；黏稠物
Soft mud or slime, especially in a riverbed or estuary; any thick, sticky wet substance; a piece of soft, wet ground.
侧重指黏稠的软泥或泥泞地面，不是液体渗出。
- 1.
Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
鞣革液,鞣革池中用于鞣制皮革的植物物质(如树皮、漆树等)的水提取物。
- 2.
Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
软泥、黏液或贝壳,尤指河床或河口中的。
- 3.
any thick, viscous matter
任何粘稠的物质
- 4.
An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
渗出、缓慢流动或渗漏,如水通过沙土。
- 5.
A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
一种远洋海洋沉积物,含有大量钙质或硅质浮游生物碎屑的微体遗骸。
- 6.
the process of seeping
渗出的过程
- 7.
A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
一块柔软、潮湿、易变形的土地。
渗出；渗漏；缓慢流动；深海软泥；浮游生物软泥；鞣革液；植鞣液；鞣革液,鞣革池中用于鞣制皮革的植物物质(如树皮、漆树等)的水提取物。；软泥、黏液或贝壳,尤指河床或河口中的。
In use
The riverbank was covered with black ooze after the flood.
Scientists collected samples of the ooze from the ocean floor.
His boots were stuck in the thick ooze of the swamp.
Connections
Collocations
- calcareous ooze
- 钙质软泥
- Calcareous ooze covers large areas of the deep ocean floor.钙质软泥覆盖了大片深海海底。
- siliceous ooze
- 硅质软泥
- Siliceous ooze forms mainly from the shells of diatoms.硅质软泥主要由硅藻的壳体形成。
- deep-sea ooze
- 深海软泥
- Deep-sea ooze is a rich source of paleontological information.深海软泥是古生物学信息的丰富来源。
- bottom ooze
- 海底软泥
- The dredge brought up a sample of bottom ooze.挖泥机带上来一份海底软泥样本。
- slow ooze
- 缓慢渗漏
- A slow ooze of water from the clay bank kept the ground wet.黏土堤中缓慢渗漏出来的水使地面保持潮湿。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到 ooze 里两个 o 像黏稠液体慢慢渗出，联想河底软泥：淤泥渗出
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：河床或河口的环境描写、自然景观叙述、地质或地理书面描述 表示“软泥、淤泥”这一意思时，通常为中性词，口语和书面语都可用，多用于描述河床、海底或潮湿地面等自然场景。
Grammar Note
作为名词，ooze通常指黏稠液体或软泥，可数，复数形式为oozes。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with ooze: they end with the sound /uːz/. Beware the lookalike 'oozy' (/ˈuːzi/) — it does not rhyme. Also note that 'lose' has only one 'o' but rhymes, and 'whose' is spelled with 'os' but pronounced /huːz/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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