unctuous是什么意思_unctuous怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;"buttery praise"
"gave him a fulsome introduction"
"an oily sycophantic press agent"
"oleaginous hypocrisy"
"smarmy self-importance"
"the unctuous Uriah Heep"
"soapy compliments"

中英词源

unctuous 油滑的

来自unctus,傅油，词源同unguent, -ct, 过去分词后缀。引申词义油滑的。

unctuous (adj.): late 14c., "oily, having a greasy or soapy feeling when touched," from Old French unctueus, from Medieval Latin unctuosus "greasy," from Latin unctus "act of anointing," from past participle stem of unguere "to anoint" (see unguent).

Figurative sense of "blandly ingratiating" is first recorded 1742, perhaps in part with a literal sense, but in part a sarcastic usage from unction in the meaning "deep spiritual feeling" (1690s), such as comes from having been anointed in the rite of unction. Related: Unctuously; unctuousness.

词态变化

副词 unctuously;

权威造句

1. He made an unctuous assurance.: 他做了个虚请假意的承诺.

2. He speaks in unctuous tones.: 他说话油腔滑调.

3. Goose fat gives the most unctuous flavour but you can use chicken fat.: 鹅油最肥美，不过你也可以用鸡油。

4. It was unctuous, false, and unwholesome, like the man.: 他的口气是油滑的, 虚伪的, 讨厌的, 就象他那个人.

5. An unctuous clergyman who had not known Sam intoned religious platitudes.: 一个根本就不认识萨姆的假装虔诚的教士正拿腔拖调地唠叨着那套宗教的单调无味的滥调.

近反义词

slippery 滑的

smarmy 令人厌烦的

ingratiating 讨好的

sycophantic 说奉承话的

obsequious 谄媚的

slimy 黏滑的

groveling 匍匐的

smug 自鸣得意的

phony 假的

grovelling 卑下的

greasy 油腻的

fatty 脂肪的

buttery 黄油状的

soapy 肥皂质的

oleaginous 含油的

oily 含油的

fulsome 虚伪的

相似短语

unctuous soil 松软肥沃的土壤

unctuous clay 重粘土

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