slimeball

FREQ #41802

粘球

发音

UK /ˈslaɪm.bɔːl/
AU
US /ˈslaɪmˌbɔl/

词形变化

slimeballs 复数 slimeballs

别名

slime-ball slime ball

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.

    生物
  2. 2.

    A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.

    A mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae (“parasitic larvae”) of a liver fluke (of the phylum Platyhelminthes).

    生物
  3. 3.

    A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sley- Proto-Germanic *slīmą Old English slīm English slime Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English slimeball From slime + ball. Sense 1 (“a round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance”) is a calque of German Schleimkugel, from Schleim (“mucus, slime”) + Kugel (“ball”), while sense 1.1 (“a mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae of a liver fluke”) may be a calque of German Schleimball (from Schleim (“slime”) + Ball (“ball”)).

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