slimy

gluant, visqueux

Couvert d’une matière humide et collante, ou désagréablement humide et glissant.

En anglais simple : Covered in a wet, sticky substance, or unpleasantly wet and slippery like that substance.

• The frog felt cold and slimy.
• Be careful on those slimy rocks.
• My hands were slimy after cleaning the fish.

Synonymes : slippery, gooey

Expressions courantes : slimy skin, slimy rocks, slimy seaweed

visqueux, muqueux

Qui est lié à une matière épaisse, humide et collante, en est composé ou lui ressemble.

En anglais simple : Connected with, made of, or looking like a thick, wet, sticky substance.

• The mixture turned into a slimy substance.
• A slimy green growth appeared in the pond.
• The experiment produced a strange, slimy material.

Synonymes : mucous, mucilaginous

Expressions courantes : slimy substance, slimy material, slimy texture