be covered in slabber
此义指口水，是不可数名词，前面不加不定冠词。
The baby's face was covered in slabber after his nap.
孩子小睡醒来后满脸都是口水。
口水；涎水
slabbers — plural of slabber
原木开板锯；板材切割机；板材制造者；从嘴里流出的湿气；口水。；用于从原木上切割板材的锯。
从嘴里流出的湿气；口水。
Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
用于从原木上切割板材的锯。
A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
切板机。
A slabbing machine.
制作板材的人。
Someone who makes slabs.
The baby's slabber soaked the front of his bib.
宝宝的涎水浸湿了他的围嘴前面。
用法提示：slabber 在此为不可数名词，指从嘴里流出的口水或涎水。
She gently wiped the slabber from the corner of her grandfather's mouth.
她轻轻地擦去祖父嘴角的口水。
用法提示：slabber 作为名词作宾语，表示从口中流出的液体。
A small amount of slabber dripped from the dog's jowls as it watched the steak.
狗看着牛排时，一点口水从它的下颌滴下来。
用法提示：slabber 为不可数名词，在句中作主语，强调从嘴里分泌的液体。
此义指口水，是不可数名词，前面不加不定冠词。
The baby's face was covered in slabber after his nap.
孩子小睡醒来后满脸都是口水。
此义为可数名词，指从原木上锯切板材的锯或切板机。
The workshop bought a slabber for cutting boards from raw logs.
车间买了一台开板锯，用来把原木锯成板材。
此义指制作板材的人，是可数名词，复数形式为 slabbers。
He worked as a slabber in the factory for ten years.
他在那家工厂做了十年制板工。
grammar · medium
易错句子The baby left slabbers all over the pillow.
正确表达The baby left slabber all over the pillow.
指“口水、涎水”时 slabber 是不可数名词，不能加 -s 变复数；只有表示“开板锯、切板机、制板工”这类可数的人或物时才用复数 slabbers。
grammar · medium
易错句子He used slabber to cut the planks from the log.
正确表达He used a slabber to cut the planks from the log.
表示“开板锯”这一可数工具时，单数可数名词前必须有冠词或限定词；汉语名词本身不靠冠词表指称，容易漏掉 a 或 the。
两者都可指从嘴里流出的口水；但 slobber 还可作动词表示流口水，slabber 按所给词性只作名词。
在“口水”义上二者近义；slaver 可作名词或动词，slabber 按所给词性只作名词，使用时注意句子结构。
sliver 指木屑、玻璃等细长小片，与“口水”无关；它只是拼写和发音与 slabber 接近。
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