A splodge is a big untidy mark of something wet or soft — mud, paint, ink, sauce — with no clean shape at all. The word carries the shape in its sound: something landed, and it spread.

A splodge is a big untidy mark of something wet or soft Splodge是又濕又軟的東西留下的一大片不整齊痕跡 — mud, paint, ink, sauce泥巴、油漆、墨水、醬汁 — with no clean shape at all完全沒有乾淨俐落的形狀. The word carries the shape in its sound這個字的聲音本身就帶著那個形狀: something landed, and it spread東西落下去，然後散開來.

'There was a splodge of ketchup on his shirt.' It can also be a verb: to splodge paint on a wall is to put it on thickly and carelessly.

'There was a splodge of ketchup on his shirt.' 「他的襯衫上有一splodge的番茄醬。」It can also be a verb它也可以當動詞: to splodge paint on a wall把油漆splodge在牆上 is to put it on thickly and carelessly就是厚厚地、隨隨便便地塗上去.

This is casual British English; the American form is 'splotch', and 'splodge' will sound British to anyone who hears it.

This is casual British English這是輕鬆的英式英語; the American form is 'splotch'美式的說法是splotch, and 'splodge' will sound British to anyone who hears it而splodge聽起來對任何人來說都會覺得很英式.

It sits in a small family of similar informal words — blob, blotch, splotch, smudge — and English speakers pick between them mostly by feel. A splodge is bigger and wetter than a spot, messier than a blob, and unlike a smudge it has not been rubbed or dragged.

It sits in a small family of similar informal words它屬於一小群類似的口語詞 — blob, blotch, splotch, smudgeblob、blotch、splotch、smudge — and and English speakers pick between them mostly by feel英語使用者大多是憑感覺在這些字之間做選擇. A splodge is bigger and wetter than a spot Splodge比spot更大、更濕, messier than a blob比blob更亂, and unlike a smudge而且跟smudge不一樣 it has not been rubbed or dragged它沒有被摩擦或拖過.

You are more likely to hear it about a child's painting or a stained shirt than in anything written formally.

You are more likely to hear it about a child's painting or a stained shirt你比較可能在講小孩的畫作或沾到污漬的襯衫時聽到它 than in anything written formally而不是在正式寫的文章裡.