Word · Frequency #15316
sludge
黏稠物；烂泥；软泥
Any thick, sticky, semi-solid substance, such as soft mud or ooze.
- 1.
Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
从液体悬浮中分离出的固体
- 2.
the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
污水处理产生的沉淀物
- 3.
A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
工业、水处理或废水处理过程中留下的残余半固体物质
- 4.
any thick, viscous matter
任何厚重粘稠的物质
- 5.
A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
蒸汽锅炉中积累的矿物沉淀
- 6.
A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
水体表面的小冰块聚集
- 7.
Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
引入繁琐和低效的制度政策
沉淀物；污泥；淤渣；锅炉水垢；锅垢；冰泥；碎冰；官僚式拖沓；繁琐程序；从液体悬浮中分离出的固体
In use
The drain was clogged with thick black sludge.
After the heavy rain, a layer of brown sludge covered the garden path.
Workers removed the oily sludge from the storage tank.
sludge + verb (e.g., accumulates, forms)
sludge 作为不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。
Sludge accumulates in the pipes over time.
污泥随时间在管道中积聚。
verb + sludge (e.g., remove, treat)
The workers removed the sludge from the tank.
工人们从水箱中清除了污泥。
a [quantity] of sludge
常用 a [量词] of sludge 表示污泥的量。
Connections
Collocations
- sewage sludge
- 污水污泥
- The plant converts sewage sludge into fertilizer.工厂将污水污泥转化为肥料。
- toxic sludge
- 有毒污泥
- The river was polluted by toxic sludge from the factory.河水被工厂的有毒污泥污染了。
- sludge treatment
- 污泥处理
- New equipment has improved sludge treatment efficiency.新设备提高了污泥处理效率。
- thick sludge
- 黏稠的泥浆
- The drain was clogged with thick sludge.下水道被黏稠的泥浆堵住了。
- sludge disposal
- 污泥处置
- The city is facing high costs for sludge disposal.该市正面临高昂的污泥处置费用。
- activated sludge
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：s 开头像 sewage（污水），后面像一坨厚重黏稠的东西；看到 sludge 就想到污水处理后沉降的污泥。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：sewage treatment、industrial waste processing、boiler maintenance、everyday speech sludge 的语体视语境而定：在环保、工程或工业描述中通常较正式；在日常口语中也可泛指黏稠的污物。建议根据场景选择正式或普通表达。
Grammar Note
通常作不可数名词，指不同种类时可数，如：industrial sludges
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with sludge: the stressed vowel and following consonant are /ʌdʒ/. Beware lookalikes such as lodge /lɒdʒ/ and plunge /plʌndʒ/, which are spelled similarly but do not rhyme.
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
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