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单词 lubrify
释义

lubrifyv.

/ˈl(j)uːbrɪfʌɪ/
Etymology: < French lubrifi-er (16th cent.), irregularly < Latin lūbricus lubric adj.: see -fy suffix.
Now rare.
transitive. To make slippery or smooth; to lubricate.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > lubricate
foment?a1425
liquor1573
lubrify1611
lubricate1623
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lubrifier, to lubrifie, or make slipperie.
1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xxvii. 201 Into these nutritive clysters no oyle must enter, because it will too much lubrifie the guts.
1719 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 888 A certain quantity of Moisture, fit to lubrifie the Muscles of the Ossicles.
1866 Eng. Mechanic 7 Sept. 515 This water lubrifies the piston, and dispenses with necessity for grease.

Derivatives

ˈlubrifying adj.
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1628 T. Venner Baths of Bathe (1637) 341 Some lubrifying, clensing extract.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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