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Informal English for a thick, slightly sticky substance — not quite a liquid, not quite a solid. Think of glue gone wrong, children's , or something unpleasant leaking from a pipe. It often sounds a bit messy or ugly, not like a nice cream.
Informal English for這是口語英文,指 a thick, slightly sticky substance一種黏黏稠稠的東西 — not quite a liquid, not quite a solid.不算液體,也不算固體。 Think of想想看 glue gone wrong,壞掉變質的膠水, children's slime,小孩玩的史萊姆, or something unpleasant leaking from a pipe.或是從管子裡漏出來的噁心東西。 It often sounds a bit messy or ugly,聽起來常常有點髒或醜, not like a nice cream.不像好聞的乳霜那樣。
You can also use it as a verb: to goop something is to spread that sticky stuff on it. The word is more American than British, and it is casual talk, not science class.
You can also use it as a verb:也可以當動詞用: to goop something goop某個東西 is to spread that sticky stuff on it.就是把那種黏東西塗在上面。 The word is more American than British,這個字比較常用在美式英文, and it is casual talk, not science class.而且是隨口說的話,不是科學課用語。
It probably comes from the 1930s as a twist on , the same kind of sticky mess; gloop and are cousin-words for similar lumps. Though actually, people also know Goop as a US lifestyle brand — that is only a company name, not this meaning.
It probably comes from the 1930s它大概是1930年代出現的, as a twist on goo,是goo這個字(同樣是黏糊糊的東西)的變化, the same kind of sticky mess; gloop and glob gloop跟glob are cousin-words for similar lumps.是類似的親戚字,指差不多的一坨東西。 Though actually,不過其實, people also know Goop as有些人也知道Goop這個字 a US lifestyle brand是一個美國生活風格品牌 — that is only a company name, not this meaning.那只是公司名字,跟這個意思無關。
組成From the 1930s, perhaps a variant of goo. Compare gloop and glob.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
goopnoun/ɡuːp/
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informalA thick, slimy substance; goo.
- The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.
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derogatorydatedinformalA silly, stupid, or boorish person.
- I pointed out that Stiffy, who is pure padded cell from the foundation up, was planning to marry the Rev. H.P. Pinker, himself as pronounced a goop as ever preached the Hivites and Hittites
goopverb/ɡuːp/
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informalTo apply a thick, slimy, or goo-like substance.
- Airstream, 1977. He showed her ones on eBay that looked like blunt rifle slugs, went for crazy money in any condition at all. The uncle had gooped this one over with white expansion foam, gone gray and dirty now, to stop it leaking and for insulation.
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datedinformalTo stare; gawk.
- Young John blushed at being found “gooping” at himself in the glass.
- He always said vegetables are grown to be eaten, not gooped at. Even a donkey doesn't want a carrot a foot long. I've always remembered. Of course he never won a thing at the Show.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。