Unctuous



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 油腔滑调的
• ［英］ adj.油腔滑调的 ( false earnestness)
• ［类］ placebo : innocuous / salve : unctuous ( 安慰剂是无毒的 / 油膏剂是油质的)
• ［记］ unct ( 油) +uous;
• ［同］ 参考: unction ( 涂油, 油膏)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French unctueus, from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus act of anointing, from unguere to anoint
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. fatty, oily
  • b. smooth and greasy in texture or appearance
• 2. plastic <fine unctuous clay>
• 3. full of unction; especially revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
• ? unctuously adverb
• ? unctuousness noun

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