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語源

From slush +‎ -y. In the sense of a cook, from the sense of slush meaning to refuse grease and fat collected in cooking.

発音

• IPA: /ˈslʌʃi/
• 韻: -ʌʃi

形容詞

slushy (comparative slushier, superlative slushiest)

1. Covered in slush.
   • 1987 February 8, Robert Storen, “On Being Cozy with Mister Right”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 7:

     I can remember, and not that long ago, when slushy mid-winter days like today always lead my feverish imagination down a murky hallway known as "shacking up."

2. Having the consistency of slush.

   Synonyms: mushy, pappy, puddingy; see also Thesaurus:pulpy

3. (figurative) Of a person, soupy; sentimental.

   Synonyms: maudlin, mushy, soppy; see also Thesaurus:mawkish

派生語

名詞

slushy (plural slushies)

1. Alternative form of slushie (“flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals”).
2. (Australia, colloquial, slang) A kitchen helper.
3. (UK, slang, obsolete) A ship's cook.

参照

• (ship's cook): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary