| 单词 | ooze |
| 释义 | ooze (uːz ) Word forms: oozes , oozing , oozed 1. verb When a thick or sticky liquid oozes from something or when something oozes it, the liquid flows slowly and in small quantities. Blood was still oozing from the cut on his arm. [VERB] The lava will just ooze gently out of the crater. [VERB adverb] The wounds may heal cleanly or they may ooze a clear liquid. [VERB noun] Synonyms: seep, well, drop, escape 2. verb If you say that someone or something oozes a quality or characteristic, or oozes with it, you mean that they show it very strongly. Outwardly, Graham will ooze all his old confidence. [VERB noun] The Elizabethan house oozes charm. [VERB noun] Manchester United were by now oozing with confidence. [VERB + with] 3. uncountable noun You can refer to any thick, sticky, liquid substance as ooze, especially the mud at the bottom of a river, lake, or the sea. ...a primeval ooze. He grabbed into the ooze and came up clutching a large toad. Synonyms: mud, clay, dirt, muck Collocations: ooze pus Nasty flabby cirrhotic organs of poorly-treated waterfowl, warmed till they ooze pus and then eaten with toast and jam. Times, Sunday Times She was dizzy and her scalp was oozing pus. The Sun His wounds were badly infected and oozing pus. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 流出 Japanese: にじみ出る |
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