slurry

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈslʌ.ɹi/    美 /ˈslʌ.ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid. countable,uncountable
    — 1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26, While little information is available, it probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
  2. Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams. countable,uncountable
    — Slurry tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for slurry tailings.
  3. A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc. countable,uncountable
    — In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry.
  4. A thickener. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make a slurry (of some material).
  2. To apply a slurry (to).
    — Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
形容词 adj.
  1. Slurred, tending to slur.
    — He spoke with a slurry voice.

词形变化

slurries plural slurries present,singular,third-person slurrying participle,present slurried participle,past slurried past slurrier comparative slurriest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
beslurry coal slurry meat slurry slurry bomber slurry pit slurry wall

词源

词源 1
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
词源 2
From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.
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