English Dictionary

pink slime

名詞

不可算名詞 くだけた表現

(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.

日本語の意味

紙の製造工程で使用されるスラリー中に発生する、望ましくないピンク色の微生物の塊

During a routine inspection, operators found pink slime accumulating in the paper mill's slurry tanks and stopped the line to remove the contamination.

定期点検の際、作業員は製紙工場のスラリー槽に蓄積しているピンク色の微生物塊を発見し、汚染を除去するためにラインを停止した。

意味（1）

(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.

Pink slime is a real and continuing problem in many paper mills. Once established it may be difficult to ... Holmes (15, 16) and Sanborn (24) stated that yeasts or yeast-like fungi were often the cause of pink slime.

意味（2）

(informal, dysphemistic) A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive.

Pink slime is allowed in any school in America by the USDA.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pink, slime. Slime which is pink.

Water flowed down the cliff, showering on their heads; the stone under their feet was slick with pink slime.