slosh 是一个动词,意思是液体在容器中晃动、泼洒,或者指人踩着水或泥泞行走时发出的声响。也可用作名词,表示液体晃荡的声音或动作。
/slɒʃ/(英式) /slɑːʃ/(美式)
The water sloshed over the edge of the bucket as she carried it across the yard.
她提着水桶穿过院子时,水从桶沿泼洒了出来。
He sloshed through the muddy puddles on the rain-soaked trail, his boots heavy with water, not caring that his socks were completely drenched.
他踩着雨后泥泞小径上的水坑往前走,靴子里灌满了水,但他毫不在意袜子已经完全湿透了。
slosh 最早出现于19世纪初,可能是由 slop(泼洒)和 slush(泥浆)混合而成的拟声词,模仿液体晃荡、溅洒时发出的声响。这类拟声词在英语中十分常见,以 sl- 开头的词往往与湿滑、泥泞有关,如 slip、slide、slime 等。