s leechとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 sliche, a variant of slicche, from 古期英語 *sliċ (“mud, sludge”), from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz (“mud, slush”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to slide, be slippery”). Doublet of slitch and sludge.

名詞

sleech (countable and uncountable, plural sleeches)

1. Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
2. (Northern Ireland) A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.
   • 1970, Manning, P. I., Geology of Belfast and the Lagan Valley, H.M. Stationery Off., page 147

     The physical nature and engineering properties of the sleech have made it desirable to investigate each site before piling.

派生語

• sleechy

動詞

sleech (third-person singular simple present sleeches, present participle sleeching, simple past and past participle sleeched)

1. (dialectal) To dip a vessel into water to fill it; to scoop up water, as with a bucket.
2. (Scotland) To coax, cajole.