| 单词 | nurdle | 
| 释义 | nurdlen. Originally U.S.   Chiefly in plural. A granule or very small pellet of unprocessed plastic, esp. as found as a pollutant on beaches, in seawater, etc. Cf. microplastic n. ΚΠ 1997    C. C. Ebbesmeyer in  Beachcombers’ Alert! Newslet. Spring 5/2  				Surfers occasionally ask California lifeguards what they are: ‘Oh, yeah—nurdles,’ Marine Safety Officer Mitch White said... He had no idea why they're called nurdles, except to say that's what he called them when he was growing up. 2002    U.S. News & World Rep. 4 Nov. 59/3  				Moore collected baseball-size gelatinous animals called salps and found their translucent tissues clogged with bits of monofilament fishing line and nurdles (more romantically referred to as ‘mermaid tears’ by beachcombers). 2009    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 B. 364 2159/1  				Pre-production plastic pellets, also described as nurdles..account for around 10 percent, by number, of the plastic debris recorded on shorelines in Hawaii. 2018    S. Elias in  D. E. DellaSala  & M. L. Goldstein Encycl. Anthropocene I. 136 		(caption)	  				Plastic pellets (nurdles) recovered from Hong Bay after an accidental spillage from a chemical company ship. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nurdlev. 1.  transitive. Tiddlywinks. To shoot (a wink) into a position too close to the pot to be easily potted. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > 			[verb (intransitive)]		 > actions nurdle1963 squop1963 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > actions squidge1955 squop1956 nurdle1963 1963    Winking World No. 4. 11  				Nurdled: counter so near the beaker that it is not possible to flick it in. 1984    P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang 		(ed. 8)	 1397/1  				Nurdle, to play a wink into a position so near the pot it cannot be potted. 1994    Re: Postal Tiddlywinks in  alt.games.tiddlywinks 		(Usenet newsgroup)	 7 Nov.  				Green plays first. Green nurdles under the far side of the pot. 2010    Winking World 		(Electronic ed.)	 No. 93. 7/1  				If you've tried to pot and missed, there's also a good chance of a wink being nurdled.  2.  transitive. Cricket. colloquial. To work (the ball) away gently, esp. to the leg side; to accumulate runs slowly by this method. Frequently in  nudge and nurdle. Also  to nurdle one's way and intransitive. ΚΠ 1985    Times 		(Nexis)	 24 Dec.  				He crept, nudged and nurdled his way towards the total. 1992    Sunday Times 		(Nexis)	 17 May (Sport)  				Russell, in a two-hour stint, nicked and nurdled to such advantage that 50 priceless runs were added in 20 overs. 1993    Manch. Guardian Weekly 		(Nexis)	 31 Jan. 31  				After struggling to locate the next dozen he tried to nurdle Raju's left-arm spin square on the leg side and was trapped in front. 2001    Evening Post 		(Nottingham)	 10 Sept. 48  				His hundred came from just 65 balls; Brown wisely electing thereafter to nudge and nurdle the ball into gaps. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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