slime

Word family

slime /slaɪm/ noun [uncountableU]

SLIDEan unpleasant thick slippery substance 〔令人不愉快的〕黏质物

a pond full of green slime

一个满是绿色黏质物的池塘

the trails of slime left by snails

蜗牛留下的黏液痕迹

Examples from the Corpus

slime• He lifted his hands to wipe away the tears and saw dark brown slime.• Scurrying aft, I had a fast shave, using the pink slime from the soap-dispenser to lather my face.• Many confined invertebrates secrete slime or mucus that insidiously poisons the fishes and often themselves.• The slime reduces the drag experienced by the fish swimming behind, which can consequently swim faster.• The slime they exude is obnoxious and slippery, and has the stench of rotting fish.• But despite their godlike powers, they had not wholly forgotten their origin, in the warm slime of a vanished sea.

Origin slime

Old English slim

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