gunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gunk1 /ɡʌŋk/ noun [uncountable] American English informal DIRTYSTICKany substance that is dirty, sticky, or unpleasant 肮脏讨厌的东西,黏糊糊的东西 SYN British English gunge —gunky adjective
Examples from the Corpus
gunk• There was greasy gunk on his lips and his mouth was full of rancid sourness.• There's a bunch of gunk clogging the drain.• If you were expecting the graceful and chaste fluidity of Swan Lake, you would surely have got the right gunk.• The rest of us are up to our elbows in the gunk, digging out the recyclables.gunk2 verb be gunked up (with something) American English informalPREVENTDIRTY to be blocked with a dirty sticky substance 被〔肮脏黏糊的东西〕堵塞 Here’s your problem. The fuel line’s all gunked up. 你的问题出在这里,燃油管全给污垢堵塞了。Origin gunk1 (1900-2000) Gunk, a trademark for a type of soapgunk1 noungunk2 verbChinese
substance or Corpus that unpleasant sticky, any is dirty,
gunk
gunk1 /ɡʌŋk/
noun [uncountable] American English informal
SYN gunge British English
—gunky adjective
gunk2
verb
be gunked up (with something) American English informal to be blocked with a dirty sticky substance:
Here’s your problem. The fuel line’s all gunked up.
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noun [uncountable] American English informal Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Gunk, a trademark for a type of soap
any substance that is dirty, sticky, or unpleasant Origin: Gunk, a trademark for a type of soap
SYN gunge British English
—gunky adjective
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verbbe gunked up (with something) American English informal to be blocked with a dirty sticky substance: