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单词 ooze
释义 ooze
ooze1
 /oohz/,  v.  , oozed, oozing,  n.  
  v.i.  
  1. (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
  2. to move or pass slowly or gradually, as if through a small opening or passage: The crowd oozed toward the entrance.
  3. (of a substance) to exude moisture.
  4. (of something abstract, as information or courage) to appear or disappear slowly or imperceptibly (often fol. by out or away): His cockiness oozed away during my rebuttal speech.
  5. to display some characteristic or quality: to ooze with piety.
  v.t.  
  6. to make by oozing.
  7. to exude (moisture, air, etc.) slowly.
  8. to display or dispense freely and conspicuously: He can ooze charm when it serves his interest.
  n.  
  9. the act of oozing.
  10. something that oozes.
  11. an infusion of oak bark, sumac, etc., used in tanning.
 [bef. 1000; ME wos(e) (n.), wosen (v.), OE wos juice, moisture]
 Syn. 10. slime, mud, muck, sludge.
ooze2
 /oohz/,  n.  
  1.  Geol.   a calcareous or siliceous mud composed chiefly of the shells of one-celled organisms, covering parts of the ocean bottom.
  2. soft mud, or slime.
  3. a marsh or bog.
 [bef. 900; ME wose, OE wase mud]
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