| 词汇 | unctuous |
| 释义 | unctuousWord family noununctuosityunctuousnessunctionadjectiveunctuousadverbunctuously unc·tu·ous /ˈʌŋktʃuəs/ adjectiveadj formal PRETENDtoo friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere 甜言蜜语的，假殷勤的，谄媚的 SYN ingratiating —unctuously adverbadv —unctuousness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus unctuous• Dave is genuinely friendly without being unctuous.• The fat man loudly prattled unctuous apologies.• Beyond that, it promises to provide a weekly primer on dopey and unctuous behavior among upscale hillbillies who dress well.• unctuous food• Rather, it was a way of rejecting unctuous, masochistic denial - which might narrow his perspectives.• More subtly there is the unctuous sadism of money and of social rank.• He seemed anxious to please, but not in an unctuous way. (1300-1400) Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctum “ointment”, from unguere; → UNGUENT |
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