| 释义 |
gloppy, a. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈglɒpɪ|
[f. glop n.2 + -y1.]
Glutinous, esp. (of food) unappetizingly so; of a sloppy consistency; hence fig., of writing, etc.: cloyingly sentimental or clumsy; messy.
1976New Yorker 16 Feb. 108/2 ‘Seven Beauties’ goes beyond annoyance, however: it's extremely ambitious, and I think it's a gloppy mess. 1977Washington Post Mag. 16 Oct. 26/2 The crab cakes taste like crab-flavored bread, and creamed dishes are gloppy. 1984Listener 5 July 35/3 I'm not sure I entirely cleared the hurdle of Jones's self-denying rictus and her gloppy lines like ‘Sadness is so ungrateful’. 1989J. Updike Self-Consciousness iv. 162 All the tools and tubes and gloppy compounds of postmodern dental science crowd down into my oral cavity. 1990Egg Aug. 94/2 Red-lentil soup accompanied only by homemade sausage is enough for a deliciously gloppy start, as is tagliatelle with duck confit and shiitake. |