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单词 lubricious
释义 lu·bri·cious
\lüˈbrishəs\ adjective
or lu·bri·cous \ˈlübrəkəs\
Etymology: lubricious alteration (influenced by -ious) of lubricous, from Medieval Latin lubricus, from Latin, slippery
1.
 a. : marked by wantonness : lecherous
  < eluding the lubricous embraces of her wealthy employer — American Mercury >
  < some lubricous fellows … who made companions of these serving maids — E.L.Masters >
 b. : sexually stimulating : salacious
  < a little lubricious book … on a bed table by a pink-shaded lamp — Graham Greene >
  < exploited in full lubricious detail by the metropolitan tabloids — John Woodburn >
2. [influenced in meaning by Latin lubricus]
 a. : having a smooth or slippery quality
  < the skin of the cephalopods is thin and lubricous — R.B.Todd >
 b. : marked by uncertainty or instability : elusive, shifty
  < how lubricious a friend and changeable a partisan — Robert Ferguson >
lu·bri·cious·ly adverb
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