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单词 gloop
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Definition of gloop in English:

gloop

nounɡluːpɡlo͞op
mass nouninformal
  • Sloppy or sticky semi-fluid matter, typically something unpleasant.

    〈非正式〉(多指令人讨厌的)潮湿(或黏性)的半流体

    the chicken tikka masala would arrive in a thick liquid gloop
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Consequently, the first foods to pass Oscar's lips (when they didn't stick to his face, hair and fingers) were not baby rice, rusks and gloop out of a jar.
    • The Director rushes through the set pieces, drenching the sets in viscous gloop and blood as the bland supporting cast falls victim to the dual extra-terrestrial threat.
    • Family comedies, by their very nature, usually come beset with some sort of unsubtle message, a fair amount of gloop, and one or two precocious kids.
    • In it he almost obliterates the sky in a frenzy of thick white paint and the sea in a swirling foreground of creamy, hot-chocolate gloop.
    • I felt transported back to the 1970s, when sweetcorn would be coated in this gloop as a sign of sophistication.
    • His paintings are three-dimensional piles of gloop.
    • According to the science journal, Nature, we humans and the obscure worm Xenoturbella sprang from the same bit of the primordial gloop that graced our planet around half a million years ago.
    • There are also jugs of differently coloured gloop.
    • After cutting my hair, the hair-dresser usually offers to plaster it with wax, gel or some other type of gloop.
    • The pea purée was a congealed, dry mound of inedible gloop.
    • I'm now sitting here covered in gloop because the result of the cut was hair that is at least three different colours, none of them remotely pleasant.
    • I transferred all my new oil paints from the temporary cardboard box, along with brushes, palette knives, bottles of gloop and such, leaving plenty of room for other stuff as I get more ambitious.
    • Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
    • Boils of dark gloop, a mix of oil, water, sulphur and gas, burst up in the island's centre.
    • The purée of carrots and celery was an almost unpalatable watery gloop, which ended up pushed to the side of the table.
    • Why else would I have parted with three crisp tenners for some gloop that promised only to ‘brighten’ the skin?
    • Without wishing to be unkind, it was student vegetable gloop (carrot, courgette, mushroom, turnip and barley in tomato sauce) with little herby scone things on the top.
    • They tasted bland and their dressing was an unappetising grey gloop.
    • And when we got to Mauritius, there had been a storm and the sea at St Géran was this thick gloop.
    • All too often we serve up great wodges of congealed gloop, which even the feeble apology ‘But it's meant to be sticky rice’ fails to excuse.
    Synonyms
    mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry

Derivatives

  • gloopy

  • adjective
    informal
    • It was more like a thick, gloopy, sticky, overly sweet maple syrup to which chopped dill had been added.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The spinach still had some vibrancy, the sauce didn't overpower, the egg had just the desired amount of gloopy yolk, the muffin wasn't soggy at all.
      • A phobia of these gloopy, slimy garden creatures is not uncommon among the green-fingered population, and a fear of slime even has a name - blennophobia.
      • It produces a deliciously gloopy juice when cooked.
      • He is the son of a Hong Kong masterchef, taking a traditional approach to Chinese cookery, with an emphasis on fresh, zingy ingredients rather than thick, gloopy sauces.

Origin

1960s: the letters gl, o, and p are said to be symbolic of semi-liquid matter (compare with glop).

Definition of gloop in US English:

gloop

nounɡlo͞op
informal
  • the chicken tikka masala would arrive in a thick liquid gloop
    another term for glop
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm now sitting here covered in gloop because the result of the cut was hair that is at least three different colours, none of them remotely pleasant.
    • The Director rushes through the set pieces, drenching the sets in viscous gloop and blood as the bland supporting cast falls victim to the dual extra-terrestrial threat.
    • The purée of carrots and celery was an almost unpalatable watery gloop, which ended up pushed to the side of the table.
    • There are also jugs of differently coloured gloop.
    • According to the science journal, Nature, we humans and the obscure worm Xenoturbella sprang from the same bit of the primordial gloop that graced our planet around half a million years ago.
    • And when we got to Mauritius, there had been a storm and the sea at St Géran was this thick gloop.
    • The pea purée was a congealed, dry mound of inedible gloop.
    • I transferred all my new oil paints from the temporary cardboard box, along with brushes, palette knives, bottles of gloop and such, leaving plenty of room for other stuff as I get more ambitious.
    • They tasted bland and their dressing was an unappetising grey gloop.
    • Consequently, the first foods to pass Oscar's lips (when they didn't stick to his face, hair and fingers) were not baby rice, rusks and gloop out of a jar.
    • In it he almost obliterates the sky in a frenzy of thick white paint and the sea in a swirling foreground of creamy, hot-chocolate gloop.
    • Without wishing to be unkind, it was student vegetable gloop (carrot, courgette, mushroom, turnip and barley in tomato sauce) with little herby scone things on the top.
    • Why else would I have parted with three crisp tenners for some gloop that promised only to ‘brighten’ the skin?
    • All too often we serve up great wodges of congealed gloop, which even the feeble apology ‘But it's meant to be sticky rice’ fails to excuse.
    • I felt transported back to the 1970s, when sweetcorn would be coated in this gloop as a sign of sophistication.
    • Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
    • His paintings are three-dimensional piles of gloop.
    • Family comedies, by their very nature, usually come beset with some sort of unsubtle message, a fair amount of gloop, and one or two precocious kids.
    • After cutting my hair, the hair-dresser usually offers to plaster it with wax, gel or some other type of gloop.
    • Boils of dark gloop, a mix of oil, water, sulphur and gas, burst up in the island's centre.
    Synonyms
    mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry

Origin

1960s: the letters gl, o, and p are said to be symbolic of semiliquid matter (compare with glop).

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