释义 |
brown-noseˈbrown-nose verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEbrown-nose |
Present | I, you, we, they | brown-nose | | he, she, it | brown-noses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | brown-nosed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have brown-nosed | | he, she, it | has brown-nosed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had brown-nosed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will brown-nose | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have brown-nosed |
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Present | I | am brown-nosing | | he, she, it | is brown-nosing | | you, we, they | are brown-nosing | Past | I, he, she, it | was brown-nosing | | you, we, they | were brown-nosing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been brown-nosing | | he, she, it | has been brown-nosing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been brown-nosing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be brown-nosing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been brown-nosing |
informal to try to make someone with authority like you by being very nice to him or her, in a way that is annoying to other people—brown-noser noun [countable]—brown-nosing noun [uncountable] |