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Definition of sludge in English: sludgenoun ˈslʌdʒslədʒ mass noun1Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process. 烂泥;烂泥状混合物(尤指工业或提炼时产生的沉淀物) the dumping of sewage sludge count noun miscellaneous chemicals and treated sludges Example sentencesExamples - Methods include in situ and ex situ treatment of contaminated soil, groundwater, industrial wastewater, sludges, soil slurries, marine oil spills, and vapour-phase effluvia.
- Sewage, sludge, and mine waste are common sources of metals found in soils, but metals also occur naturally.
- The sewer system had a very low ceiling and much of the path was taken up by a stream of thick, black sludge that oozed sickeningly towards some central point.
- When they are 95 per cent dewatered, sludges are put into pellet form - superior for disposal purposes because in becoming pellets, nearly all of the pathogenic bacteria are killed.
- Incinerators are designed to destroy gases, liquids, solids, sludges, and slurries at high temperatures.
- He dismissed as ‘scaremongering’ the claims that chemical and industrial sludges were being processed in the plant or that animal and body parts were being processed.
- Waste waters from direct and indirect cooling will be handled within the plant through a water re-circulation and treatment systems to remove sludges, steel scales and other residues, etc.
- In future it will be necessary to pump this effluent, to aerate it and de-water surplus sludge from the treatment process.
- Food waste, process waste and non-hazardous sludges are some examples of waste streams where there are serious difficulties, Dr Kelly said.
- A small town near Niagara Falls becomes a ghost town after industrial sludge from a leaking dump renders the area toxic.
- The black sludge from Venezuela is processed into a variety of petroleum products.
- The second ground for refusal was that without a composting facility, the company could not deal with the residual sludge from the process.
- Composted sludges are rich in slowly available nitrogen.
- However, this process is not selective, produces solid sludge for disposal, may have environmentally damaging effects of its own, and must be repeated to be effective.
- Biliary sludge is a mixture of particulate matter and bile, and it may stimulate microlithiasis.
- Thus, the present invention advantageously avoids the production of tailings sludges caused by clay dispersion.
- It now appeared to be the case that what was being treated was industrial waste when they were advised the plant was to treat sludge from sewage treatment plants.
- If you put your waste down the disposal, it flows, along with household sewage, to a plant where it gets separated into thick sludge and treated wastewater.
- In addition, 132 million wet tonnes of agricultural wastes, effluent and sludges are generated in Ireland annually and are a major cause of harmful greenhouse emissions.
- It was important that the public were kept informed about the sludge plant proposal and it was vital that the sludges to be treated would be clearly set down.
Synonyms mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry sediment, lees, dregs, deposit, grounds, settlings, precipitate, residue Scottish & Northern English clart Irish slob informal gunk, crud, gloop, grunge, gook, goo British informal gunge, grot North American informal guck, glop rare grouts - 1.1 Dirty oil, especially in the sump of an internal combustion engine.
(尤指内燃机机油箱内的)污油 Example sentencesExamples - There were also at least six large oil spills, releasing an estimated 6 millions gallons of sludge, and over 300 smaller spills.
- As an unforeseen consequence, oil contaminated with wax and sludge was poised to foul the new propeller governor and relief valve.
- We became experts at disconnecting the fuel line at the carburetor, taking off the cap, blowing the sludge back into the pressurized tank, and reconnecting it for another five miles.
- With the trowel, I commenced scooping diesel oil sludge into the bucket.
- Today, the accumulated amount of oil emulsions and sludge in the environment is estimated to be 1.2 billion tons.
- His already dirtied clothes were drenched in the sludge.
- This sludge blocked fuel filters, carburettors and fuel-injection systems, leading to rough running and engine failures.
- It's almost amusing, until one of them sinks into a pool of oily sludge and wings greased, struggles helplessly to get free as the others fly off.
- It's like dumping fresh oil on sludge and wondering why your engine isn't running better!
- Picturesque coastal areas hit by the Prestige oil tanker spill were facing a fresh deluge of sludge yesterday, with fierce winds blowing slicks in from the Atlantic.
- And I'm sure my compressor will lock up with sludge soon.
2usually as modifier An unattractive muddy shade of brown or green. 淤泥色(褐色或青色) 一种流行的泥青色。 Example sentencesExamples - Her eyes were set upon the sight outside, it had snowed the other night and the street was coated in pure white snow, expect for the roadway which was compiled of a grey sludge due to the constant stream of traffic.
- But won't that just reduce everything to a nasty green/purple sludge?
- I can make do with that, if we mix it with a caffeine-sugar sludge combo.
- Lunch is a revolting sludge burger in a pretty rustic restaurant, but Zoe thinks it's all marvellously delicious.
3Sea ice newly formed in small pieces. (海上新生冰晶)海绵冰
Derivativesadjectivesludgier, sludgiest ˈslʌdʒiˈslədʒi They've stripped the ceiling back to reveal the girders and piping, like some dated metropolitan style bar, yet they've kept the chandelier and the flock wallpaper and painted everything else an undistinguished sludgy brown. Example sentencesExamples - I did in fact drive earlier through the sludgy streets to Concrete University, discovering in the walk from the car to my office that my waterproof boots are no longer the former.
- The work - all colour-saturated images taken during a much brighter, greener season - is providing relief to eyes bored of our gray, sludgy January.
- One's foot gladly sinks into the sludgy marsh.
- One afternoon, we walked in to find her standing on the battered old dining room table, painting the ceiling a sludgy shade of snot green.
OriginEarly 17th century: of uncertain origin; compare with slush. Rhymesadjudge, begrudge, bludge, budge, drudge, fudge, grudge, judge, misjudge, nudge, pudge, smudge, trudge Definition of sludge in US English: sludgenounslədʒsləj 1Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process. 烂泥;烂泥状混合物(尤指工业或提炼时产生的沉淀物) Example sentencesExamples - The black sludge from Venezuela is processed into a variety of petroleum products.
- Sewage, sludge, and mine waste are common sources of metals found in soils, but metals also occur naturally.
- When they are 95 per cent dewatered, sludges are put into pellet form - superior for disposal purposes because in becoming pellets, nearly all of the pathogenic bacteria are killed.
- However, this process is not selective, produces solid sludge for disposal, may have environmentally damaging effects of its own, and must be repeated to be effective.
- If you put your waste down the disposal, it flows, along with household sewage, to a plant where it gets separated into thick sludge and treated wastewater.
- He dismissed as ‘scaremongering’ the claims that chemical and industrial sludges were being processed in the plant or that animal and body parts were being processed.
- The sewer system had a very low ceiling and much of the path was taken up by a stream of thick, black sludge that oozed sickeningly towards some central point.
- It was important that the public were kept informed about the sludge plant proposal and it was vital that the sludges to be treated would be clearly set down.
- Incinerators are designed to destroy gases, liquids, solids, sludges, and slurries at high temperatures.
- A small town near Niagara Falls becomes a ghost town after industrial sludge from a leaking dump renders the area toxic.
- Food waste, process waste and non-hazardous sludges are some examples of waste streams where there are serious difficulties, Dr Kelly said.
- Thus, the present invention advantageously avoids the production of tailings sludges caused by clay dispersion.
- Biliary sludge is a mixture of particulate matter and bile, and it may stimulate microlithiasis.
- Methods include in situ and ex situ treatment of contaminated soil, groundwater, industrial wastewater, sludges, soil slurries, marine oil spills, and vapour-phase effluvia.
- In addition, 132 million wet tonnes of agricultural wastes, effluent and sludges are generated in Ireland annually and are a major cause of harmful greenhouse emissions.
- Waste waters from direct and indirect cooling will be handled within the plant through a water re-circulation and treatment systems to remove sludges, steel scales and other residues, etc.
- In future it will be necessary to pump this effluent, to aerate it and de-water surplus sludge from the treatment process.
- It now appeared to be the case that what was being treated was industrial waste when they were advised the plant was to treat sludge from sewage treatment plants.
- The second ground for refusal was that without a composting facility, the company could not deal with the residual sludge from the process.
- Composted sludges are rich in slowly available nitrogen.
Synonyms mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry - 1.1 Dirty oil, especially in the sump of an internal combustion engine.
(尤指内燃机机油箱内的)污油 Example sentencesExamples - This sludge blocked fuel filters, carburettors and fuel-injection systems, leading to rough running and engine failures.
- Picturesque coastal areas hit by the Prestige oil tanker spill were facing a fresh deluge of sludge yesterday, with fierce winds blowing slicks in from the Atlantic.
- With the trowel, I commenced scooping diesel oil sludge into the bucket.
- As an unforeseen consequence, oil contaminated with wax and sludge was poised to foul the new propeller governor and relief valve.
- There were also at least six large oil spills, releasing an estimated 6 millions gallons of sludge, and over 300 smaller spills.
- It's almost amusing, until one of them sinks into a pool of oily sludge and wings greased, struggles helplessly to get free as the others fly off.
- His already dirtied clothes were drenched in the sludge.
- And I'm sure my compressor will lock up with sludge soon.
- We became experts at disconnecting the fuel line at the carburetor, taking off the cap, blowing the sludge back into the pressurized tank, and reconnecting it for another five miles.
- Today, the accumulated amount of oil emulsions and sludge in the environment is estimated to be 1.2 billion tons.
- It's like dumping fresh oil on sludge and wondering why your engine isn't running better!
- 1.2 Sea ice newly formed in small pieces.
(海上新生冰晶)海绵冰
OriginEarly 17th century: of uncertain origin; compare with slush. |