Ooze



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解释

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• v. 慢慢地流, 渗出; ( 勇气) 逐渐消失
• ［英］ v. 慢慢地流, 渗出, ( leak out slowly; eep) ;
• ［例］ Their courage oozed away.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English wose, from Old English wāse mire; akin to Old Norse veisa stagnant water
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
• 2. a piece of soft wet plastic ground

II. verb (oozed; oozing)

• Etymology: Middle English wosen, from wose sap
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to pass or flow slowly through or as if through small openings or interstices
  • 2. to move slowly or imperceptibly <the crowd began to ooze forward — Bruce Marshall>
  • 3.
    • a. to exude moisture
    • b. to exude something often in a faintly repellent manner <ooze with sympathy>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to emit slowly
  • 2. exude 2 <ooze confidence>

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English wose sap, juice, from Old English wōs; akin to Old High German waso damp
• Date: 1587
• 1. a decoction of vegetable material used for tanning leather
• 2. the act of oozing
• 3. something that oozes

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