英语词汇“unctuous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

unctuous

/ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəs

adjective

1Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily: he seemed anxious to please but not in an unctuous way...

Another commentator derided the presenter's ‘mixture of solicitous concern, unctuous charm and glib moralising.’
He is as unctuous as they come and as slippery and lethal as a herd of rattlers in a barrel of oil.
I wouldn't waste two seconds listening to that unctuous socialite.

Synonyms

sycophantic, ingratiating, obsequious, fawning, servile, self-abasing, grovelling, subservient, wheedling, cajoling, crawling, cringing, Uriah Heepish, humble, toadying, hypocritical, insincere, flattering, adulatory, honey-tongued, silver-tongued, gushing, effusive, suave, urbane, glib, smooth, smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken, smooth-talking, slick, slippery, saccharine;

oily, oleaginous, greasy;

cloying, nauseating, sickening

informal smarmy, slimy, bootlicking, forelock-tugging, phoney, sucky, soapy

North American informal brown-nosing, apple-polishing

British vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking

North American vulgar slang ass-kissing, kiss-ass

rare saponaceous, pinguid

2(Chiefly of minerals) having a greasy or soapy feel.Still, the lure of any luxury item - whether it be Beluga caviar, Dom Perignon champagne or an unctuous blob of sea-urchin roe - springs partly from its cost.

Derivatives

unctuously

/ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəsli

/ adverb ...

‘Neither pots nor pans, nor dish nor spoon should be spared,’ he announced unctuously.
He and his foreign minister have unctuously said that ‘force is always the last resort.’
As one settles in amid the eminently tasteful pine green and deep brown colour scheme, one is instantaneously attended to by the most unctuously helpful staff.

unctuousness

/ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəsnəs/ noun ...

It is every thing that one could hope for in a dessert wine, complex flavours (a veritable fruit bowl of exotic fruits), unctuousness, sweetness without being cloying thanks to a hint of noble rot.
An assembly of fresh wild mushrooms was heavily scented with dried ceps, the cheese had been employed with restraint, adding unctuousness to the sauce, and interesting secondary flavour.
Maybe not, but what gratifying editorial unctuousness… Will I blurb a book because its editor implores me charmingly?

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'greasy'): from medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus 'anointing', from unguere 'anoint'.

单词	unctuous
释义	unctuous /ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəs / adjective 1Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily: he seemed anxious to please but not in an unctuous way... Another commentator derided the presenter's ‘mixture of solicitous concern, unctuous charm and glib moralising.’ He is as unctuous as they come and as slippery and lethal as a herd of rattlers in a barrel of oil. I wouldn't waste two seconds listening to that unctuous socialite. Synonyms sycophantic, ingratiating, obsequious, fawning, servile, self-abasing, grovelling, subservient, wheedling, cajoling, crawling, cringing, Uriah Heepish, humble, toadying, hypocritical, insincere, flattering, adulatory, honey-tongued, silver-tongued, gushing, effusive, suave, urbane, glib, smooth, smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken, smooth-talking, slick, slippery, saccharine; oily, oleaginous, greasy; cloying, nauseating, sickening informal smarmy, slimy, bootlicking, forelock-tugging, phoney, sucky, soapy North American informal brown-nosing, apple-polishing British vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking North American vulgar slang ass-kissing, kiss-ass rare saponaceous, pinguid 2(Chiefly of minerals) having a greasy or soapy feel.Still, the lure of any luxury item - whether it be Beluga caviar, Dom Perignon champagne or an unctuous blob of sea-urchin roe - springs partly from its cost. Derivatives unctuously /ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəsli / adverb ... ‘Neither pots nor pans, nor dish nor spoon should be spared,’ he announced unctuously. He and his foreign minister have unctuously said that ‘force is always the last resort.’ As one settles in amid the eminently tasteful pine green and deep brown colour scheme, one is instantaneously attended to by the most unctuously helpful staff. unctuousness /ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəsnəs/ noun ... It is every thing that one could hope for in a dessert wine, complex flavours (a veritable fruit bowl of exotic fruits), unctuousness, sweetness without being cloying thanks to a hint of noble rot. An assembly of fresh wild mushrooms was heavily scented with dried ceps, the cheese had been employed with restraint, adding unctuousness to the sauce, and interesting secondary flavour. Maybe not, but what gratifying editorial unctuousness… Will I blurb a book because its editor implores me charmingly? Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'greasy'): from medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus 'anointing', from unguere 'anoint'.
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