单词 | bootlicking |
释义 | bootlicking (once / 622069 pages) adj WORD FAMILY bootlick: bootlicked, bootlicker, bootlicking, bootlicks+/bootlicker: bootlickers USAGE EXAMPLESBrowbeating Breitbart into bootlicking the Trump campaign is just going to encourage the campaign to engage in intimidation even more. Salon(Mar 16, 2016) He called the women "robots" and "zombies," manipulated by Manson — "a dictatorial maharajah of a tribe of bootlicking slaves." New York Times(Jun 09, 2015) But the crawling, bootlicking carpenter, Jacob Engstrand, is changed into a respectable, guileless man with an income. Lindsay, Vachel, The Art of the Moving Picture(2010) 1adj attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery Syn fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish insincere lacking sincerity 2adj attempting to win favor by flattery Syn fawning, sycophantic, toadyish servile submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior |
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