单词	unctuous
释义	unctuousunc‧tu‧ous /ˈʌŋktʃuəs/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINunctuous Origin: 1300-1400 Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctum ‘ointment’, from unguere; ➔ UNGUENT Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES unctuous food Dave is genuinely friendly without being unctuous. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Beyond that, it promises to provide a weekly primer on dopey and unctuous behavior among upscale hillbillies who dress well. He seemed anxious to please, but not in an unctuous way. More subtly there is the unctuous sadism of money and of social rank. Rather, it was a way of rejecting unctuous, masochistic denial - which might narrow his perspectives. The fat man loudly prattled unctuous apologies. too friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere SYN  ingratiating—unctuously adverb—unctuousness noun [uncountable]
随便看	encumber encumbrance encyclical Encyclopaedia Britannica encyclopedia encyclopedic end endanger endangered endangerment endear endearing endearingly endearment endeavour endemic end game ending endive endless endlessly endocrine endorphin endorse endorsement

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