A slurry is a thick, soupy mixture of water and something solid ground up small — mud, cement, coal dust, ash, or animal waste from a farm. It is thin enough to pour and to pump through a pipe, but thick enough to feel heavy and to settle if you leave it standing. That in-between texture is the whole point of the word: a slurry is neither a liquid nor a solid pile.

A slurrySlurry is a thick, soupy mixture是濃稠、湯狀的混合物 of water and something solid ground up small由水和磨碎的固體混合而成 — mud, cement, coal dust, ash, or animal waste from a farm可能是泥巴、水泥、煤灰、灰燼，或農場的動物排泄物. It is thin enough to pour and to pump through a pipe它稀到可以倒出來、也能用管子抽送, but thick enough to feel heavy and to settle if you leave it standing但又稠到讓人覺得沉，放著不動還會沉澱. That in-between texture這種介於中間的質地 is the whole point of the word正是這個字的重點: a slurry is neither a liquid nor a solid pileslurry既不是液體，也不是固體堆。

You meet it in three places.

You meet it你會遇到它 in three places在三個地方。

On farms, slurry is the wet manure stored in a big tank and later sprayed on the fields — and when a slurry tank leaks into a river, it kills the fish, so this is common news in Britain and Ireland.

On farms在農場上, slurryslurry is the wet manure是濕糞肥 stored in a big tank儲存在大水槽裡 and later sprayed on the fields之後噴灑到田裡 — and when a slurry tank leaks into a river而當糞肥槽外洩流進河裡, it kills the fish會害死魚, so this is common news in Britain and Ireland所以這在英國和愛爾蘭是常見的新聞。

In building and mining, slurry is the cement-and-water or rock-and-water mixture that gets pumped around a site.

In building and mining在建築和採礦業, slurryslurry is the cement-and-water or rock-and-water mixture指的是水泥加水或岩石加水的混合物 that gets pumped around a site會被抽送到工地各處。

And in cooking, a slurry is the small cup of cornflour stirred into cold water before you pour it into a hot sauce to thicken it — the same idea, just clean and small.

And in cooking而在烹飪上, a slurryslurry is the small cup of cornflour stirred into cold water是那一小杯太白粉先攪進冷水裡 before you pour it into a hot sauce to thicken it再倒進熱醬汁裡讓它變稠 — the same idea同樣的概念, just clean and small只是乾淨又小份。

There is also a verb, 'to slurry', but it is rare and technical; you can go your whole life without using it. The word is countable and uncountable both ways — 'a slurry of cement' or 'spreading slurry on the fields' — so do not worry too much about the article.

There is also a verb, 'to slurry',也有動詞'to slurry' but it is rare and technical但很少見又偏技術性; you can go your whole life without using it你這輩子完全不用也沒關係. The word is countable and uncountable both ways這個字可數不可數都可以 — 'a slurry of cement' or 'spreading slurry on the fields'可以說'a slurry of cement'，也可以說'spreading slurry on the fields' — so do not worry too much about the article所以不用太在意冠詞的問題。