slush: [17] Like the very similar (and perhaps ultimately identical) slosh [19] and sludge [17], slush probably originated in imitation of the sound of squelching or splashing. The similarity of early modern Danish slus ‘sleet, mud’ and Norwegian slusk ‘slushy’ suggests the possibility of a Scandinavian borrowing rather than a native formation. Slush fund [19] comes from the use of slush for ‘grease that is a byproduct of cooking in a ship’s galley’, the allusion being to the ‘greasing’ of people’s palms with money.
slush (n.)
1640s, "melting snow, snow and water," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian and Swedish slask "slushy ground;" obsolete Danish slus "sleet"), all probably imitative of the sound of sloshing. Slush fund is first attested 1839, from an earlier sense of slush "refuse fat" (1756); the money from the sale of a ship's slush was distributed among the officers, which was the original sense of the phrase. The extended meaning "money collected for bribes and to buy influence" is first recorded 1874, no doubt with suggestions of "greasing" palms.
双语例句
1. He's accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.
他被指控滥用秘密的政府行贿基金，金额达1,750万美元。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In the city the clean white snow had turned to grey slush.
在城市里，洁白的雪已化为灰色的雪泥。
来自《权威词典》
3. A pair of wide tracks led through the slush and mud.
脏雪和烂泥上有一行很宽的脚印.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. There was dirty brown slush all over the roads and pavements.
