verb
slopped, slopping
1
- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container, typically as a result of careless handling（液体）溢出; 溅出, 泼出：
water slopped over the edge of the sink.
水溢出了洗涤槽边。
1.1
- with obj. cause (a liquid) to spill or overflow in such a way使（液体）溢出; 使溅出, 使泼出：
in spite of his care he slopped some water.
尽管他很小心, 但还是洒出了一些水。
1.2
- with obj. and adverbial apply or put (something) somewhere in a casual or careless manner漫不经心地涂（或敷）; 随意放置：
they spent their weekend slopping on paint.
他们漫不经心地油漆房子度过了周末。
1.3
slop through
wade through (a wet or muddy area)艰难地走过（湿地, 泥泞区域）：they were slopping through paddy fields.
他们在水稻田里艰难行走。
2
- with obj. feed slops to (an animal)用泔脚喂（动物）。
3
- no obj. chiefly N. Amer. speak or write in a sentimentally effusive manner; gush〈主北美〉过分情绪化地说（或写）：
she slopped over her dog.
她滔滔不绝地谈论自己的狗。
1
slops
waste water from a kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand（必须人工倾倒的）生活污水, 脏水：sink slops.
洗涤槽里的污水。
1.1
- semi-liquid kitchen refuse, often used as animal food泔脚水。
1.2
- unappetizing weak, semi-liquid food淡而无味的半流质食物。
2
- mass noun chiefly N. Amer. sentimental language or material〈主北美〉感伤（或煽情）的语言（或材料）：
country music is not all commercial slop.
乡村音乐并非全是为了赚钱的煽情作品。
3
- Nautical a choppy sea【航海】波涛汹涌的海洋。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'to spill, splash'）： probably related to SLIP3. Early use of the noun denoted 'slushy mud', the first of the current senses （'unappetizing food'） dating from the mid 17th cent.
短语动词
slop about/around
- chiefly Brit. (of a person) dress in an untidy or casual manner〈主英〉穿着邋遢（随意）：
at weekends he would slop about in his oldest clothes.
周末他总是随意地穿些最旧的衣服。
slop out
- (especially in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot（尤指狱中）倒便桶：
as noun slopping out the indignity of slopping out.倒便桶这种耻辱活。
archaic <古>
1
- a workman's loose outer garment（工人穿的）宽大外套, 工作服。
2
slops
wide, baggy trousers common in the 16th and early 17th centuries, especially as worn by sailors（常见于十六和十七世纪早期, 尤指海员穿的）宽松裤。
2.1
- clothes and bedding supplied to sailors by the navy（海军供给海员的）衣服和床上用品。
2.2
- chiefly Brit. ready-made or cheap clothing〈主英〉现成的衣服; 便宜衣服。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 1)： from the second element of Old English oferslop 'surplice', of Germanic origin.