unctuous
美音:
[´ʌŋtʃwəs
]英音:
[´ʌŋtʃwəs
]adj.油似的,油质的,松软肥沃的
难易程度:
unctuous为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:unctuousness 副词:unctuously
近义词, 同义词
unctuous
/'ʌŋktjʊəs; `ʌŋktʃuəs/
adj (derog 贬) insincerelyearnest or flattering, esp in an oily way 虚情假意的, 谄媚的(尤指油腔滑调的)
*speak in unctuous tones 油腔滑调地说
* unctuous assurances 虚情假意的承诺.
unctuous
adj formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: unctuosus, from Latin unctum 'ointment', from unguere; UNGUENT]
too friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere
>unctuouslyadv
>unctuousnessn[U]