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Squidgy means soft enough that your finger sinks in when you press — and, usually, that it springs back or squashes rather than breaking. Think of a marshmallow, a fresh , a soft toy, wet clay, a ripe peach. The feeling is pleasant more often than not: a squidgy cake is a compliment, meaning moist and soft in the middle instead of dry. It can also be unpleasant if the thing should not be soft — squidgy ground after rain, a squidgy old tomato. It is very informal, spoken rather than written, and strongly British; Americans mostly say squishy, which means much the same thing. People also use it about a baby's cheeks or a pet. There is no exact single Chinese word: it sits between 軟軟的, 綿密, and 有點黏手, and which one fits depends on what you are touching.
軟軟的、按下去會凹的(蛋糕之類的說「綿密濕潤」,玩具、黏土說「軟Q的」);英式口語,美式多說 squishy
組成It sounds like what it describes — squidge is a made-up sound word for something soft giving way under your finger. The ending -y turns it into an adjective, as in sticky or bumpy.
同家族的字
- squishythe closer American cousin, built the same way from a soft-pressing sound word
原始詞典資料2 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。
squidgyadj/ˈskwɪd͡ʒi/
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informalMoist and pliant; soggy.
- He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike.
- It consists of two layers of ground cashew nuts, mixed with breadcrumbs, onions, nutmeg and vegetable stock, and separated by a vibrant green herb stuffing, the main ingredient of which is also bread. Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews.
squidgynoun/ˈskwɪd͡ʒi/
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fishinghobbieslifestyleA soft plastic lure.
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。