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unctuous

英 ['ʌŋ(k)tjʊəs] 美['ʌŋktʃuəs]
  • adj. 油质的;虚情假意的;油腔滑调的

英英释意


1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
"buttery praise"
"gave him a fulsome introduction"
"an oily sycophantic press agent"
"oleaginous hypocrisy"
"smarmy self-importance"
"the unctuous Uriah Heep"