sludge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Solids separated from suspension in a liquid. countable,uncountable
    — Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
  2. A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes. countable,uncountable
  3. A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler. countable,uncountable
  4. A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body. countable,uncountable
  5. Ellipsis of sludge metal. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
  6. Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes. countable,uncountable
    — In the 2008 best seller Nudge, the legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein and the economist Richard H. Thaler marshaled behavioral-science research to show how small tweaks could help us make better choices. An updated version of the book includes a section on what they called “sludge”—tortuous administrative demands, endless wait times, and excessive procedural fuss that impede us in our lives.
动词 v.
  1. To slump or slouch. informal,intransitive
  2. To slop or drip slowly. intransitive

词形变化

sludges plural slutch alternative,Northern-England,Scotland sludges present,singular,third-person sludging participle,present sludged participle,past sludged past slutch alternative,Northern-England,Scotland

词汇关系

衍生词
activated sludge antisludge biliary sludge biosludge desludge mudge oil sludge primordial sludge sludge acid sludgecore sludge hole sludgelike sludgemaker sludge metal sludge out sludger sludgy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English slugge, sluche (“mud, mire”), probably an alteration of Middle English sliche, slicche ("mud, slush, tar"; whence Modern English slitch), from Old English *sliċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz, *slīką (“mud, slush”). Cognate with Dutch slijk, German Schlick. Compare also slush.
词源 2
From Middle English slugge, sluche (“mud, mire”), probably an alteration of Middle English sliche, slicche ("mud, slush, tar"; whence Modern English slitch), from Old English *sliċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz, *slīką (“mud, slush”). Cognate with Dutch slijk, German Schlick. Compare also slush.
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