slush
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slush /slʌʃ/ noun 1 [uncountable]HEM partly melted snow 半融的雪，雪泥 Children were sliding around in the snow and slush. 孩子们在尚未化尽的雪地上到处滑行。2 [uncountable] informalEMOTIONAL feelings or stories that seem silly because they are too romantic 庸俗的浪漫情调；无聊的爱情故事 sentimental slush 滥情的无聊爱情故事3 [countable, uncountable] especially American EnglishDFD a drink made with crushed ice and a sweet liquid 冰沙 cherry slush 樱桃冰沙 —slushy adjective
Examples from the Corpus
slush• This impressed me, for there is nothing more penetrating than snow and slush.• Outside there was snow and slush along the streets and sidewalks.• He put a tentative arm up; instantly one pulled over, in a rolling wave of black slush.• Everything had melted into brown slush within a few hours.• a cherry slush• Semi-conscious, he slid slowly down, his feet and legs sinking into the freezing slush at the bottom.• After a whole day there was just a thin layer of muddy slush.• Sprinkle the minimum amount of salt needed to lower the freezing point of water from slippery ice to safer mushy slush.• This is a love story, with a lot more going for it than slush and mush.Origin slush (1600-1700) Probably from a Scandinavian languageslush nounChinese
partly Corpus snow melted
slush
slush /slʌʃ/
noun
Children were sliding around in the snow and slush.
2. [uncountable] informal feelings or stories that seem silly because they are too romantic:
sentimental slush
3. [uncountable and countable] especially American English a drink made with crushed ice and a sweet liquid:
cherry slush
—slushy adjective
▪ snow noun [uncountable] soft white frozen water that falls from the sky: The ground was covered with deep snow. | Snow began to fall.
▪snowflakes noun [plural] pieces of snow falling from the sky: The first snowflakes fluttered down between the trees.
▪sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain: The snow turned to sleet and then rain.
▪slush noun [uncountable] snow on the road that has partly melted and is very wet: I made my way through the dirty slush.
▪blizzard noun [countable] a storm with a lot of snow and a strong wind: We got caught in a blizzard on our way to school.
▪frost noun [uncountable] white powder that covers the ground when it is cold: Frost can kill delicate plants.
▪hail/hailstones noun [U, plural] drops of rain that fall as ice: Hail bounced on the tiled roof. | He heard a strange sound, like hailstones striking glass.
▪a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow: Do you think there will be a white Christmas this year?
slush /slʌʃ/
noun Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
1. [uncountable] partly melted snow:Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
2. [uncountable] informal feelings or stories that seem silly because they are too romantic:
3. [uncountable and countable] especially American English a drink made with crushed ice and a sweet liquid:
—slushy adjective
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