ooze

Word family

ooze1 /uːz/ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]

1 LIQUIDif a thick liquid oozes from something or if something oozes a thick liquid, that liquid flows from it very slowly 〔浓稠的液体〕渗出，慢慢地流出

ooze from/out of/through

The ice cream was melting and oozing out of its wrapper.

冰激凌在融化，从包装纸里渗出来了。

A cut on his cheek was still oozing blood.

他脸上的伤口还在渗血。

2 SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDEto show a lot of a particular quality or feeling 充满，洋溢着〔某种特质或情感〕

Andrew laughed gently, oozing charm.

安德鲁温柔地笑着，充满了魅力。

Examples from the Corpus

ooze• Nor must you spend hours oozing a heartfelt message.• School spirit oozes from every hallway.• Later, gum will ooze from the bark and branches will die back.• Blood was oozing from the wound.• When he looked at it, there was blood oozing from two split knuckles.• A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.• Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.• The cut, and the white seeds oozing out, resembled the mouth of a corpse, filled with worms.• Volcanoes usually ooze rivers of lava rather than exploding.• My pores ooze salt and honeydew.• While the Conference met, high spring tides were oozing through the paving of the Piazza San Marco.• Complex markings in the ice suggest the ice often cracks and shifts, allowing what is below to ooze to the surface.