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单词 glob
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globn.

Brit. /ɡlɒb/, U.S. /ɡlɑb/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: blob n.1, gob n.1; globule n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a blend of blob n.1 and gob n.1, or perhaps shortened < globule n.
colloquial.
A mass or lump of some liquid or semi-liquid substance, typically of a rounded shape. Cf. globule n.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > drop of soft and moist substance
gobbon1550
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blob1725
dab1749
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glob1900
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1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 44 The pup curled like a glob of mud on the sand in the moonlight.
1957 J. Masters Far, Far the Mountain Peak 96 Very large, mysterious snowflakes, wet and solid, drifted like globs of ice cream into their eyes.
1965 E. Tunis Colonial Craftsmen vi. 138 The blower gathered a parison, a ‘glob’ of hot glass, from the pot by dipping the tip of a six-foot blowing iron (tube) into the mass.
2007 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 9 May (Baylife section) 4 I was given a bottle of champagne vinegar. It developed a glob of jellylike stuff in it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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