mass noun
- a moist, soft, and slippery substance, typically regarded as repulsive(尤指令人厌恶的)黏质物; 黏液; 黏湿泥:
the cold stone was wet with slime.
冰冷的石头上有黏湿物。
with obj.
- cover with slime用黏液覆盖:
what grass remained was slimed over with pale brown mud.
残存的草地上覆盖了浅棕色的泥浆。
词源
Old English slīm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slijm and German Schleim 'mucus, slime', Latin limus 'mud', and Greek limnē 'marsh'.