| 释义 |
lubricated, ppl. a.|ˈl(j)uːbrɪkeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Made slippery or smooth; oiled, oily.
1781Cowper Retirement 57 The shapely limb and lubricated joint. 1836Broderip in Penny Cycl. V. 24/1 His [a boa constrictor's] stretched jaws and lubricated mouth and throat. 1864in Wilberforce Life Bp. Wilberforce (1882) III. v. 141 He [Lord Westbury] said the ‘judgement is simply a series of well lubricated terms’.
Add:b. slang. Affected by drink; inebriated, drunk (freq. in well-lubricated). Cf. oiled ppl. a. 3.
1927New Republic 9 Mar. 71/2 The following is a partial list of words denoting drunkenness now in common use in the United States..lubricated. 1983Neaman & Silver Dict. Euphemisms 99 Clearly, the human machine functions better when it is well oiled or lubricated. 1986National Jrnl. (U. S.) 20 Sept. 2264/1 ‘For a man who doesn't drink,’ said a well-lubricated observer, ‘he's the most popular man in this bar.’ 1990A. Toffler Powershift IV. xv. 173 It is in the dokikai that men, lubricated with alcohol, speak to one another with honto—expressing their true feelings—rather than with tatemae—saying what is expected. 1993Q Jan. 26/2 The audience—invariably a generously lubricated collective—bawl along to every word. |