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泥巴 — meaning in English

ní ba

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English meaning

  • grub noun The soft, worm-like larva of certain insects, especially beetles.
  • MUD noun A soft, wet mixture of soil and water.
  • slime noun A thick, sticky, wet substance, such as the mucus produced by snails or slugs.
  • slurry noun A thick, semi-liquid mixture of solid particles suspended in liquid.

Senses

泥巴 is used for these senses in English:

  • mud (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
  • slime Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
  • slurry Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.

grub — full definition

  1. noun The soft, worm-like larva of certain insects, especially beetles.
  2. noun Food.
  3. verb To dig in the ground, especially searching for something.

MUD — full definition

  1. noun A soft, wet mixture of soil and water.
  2. noun Harsh, damaging accusations meant to smear someone's reputation.
  3. verb To cover or dirty something with mud.
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