| 单词 | sweetmouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweetmouth sweetmouth v. slang (transitive) to flatter. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 flackera1250 slickc1250 blandishc1305 blandc1315 glozec1330 beflatter1340 curryc1394 elkena1400 glaverc1400 anointa1425 glotherc1480 losenge1480 painta1513 to hold in halsc1560 soothe1580 smooth1584 smooth1591 soothe1601 pepper1654 palp1657 smoothify1694 butter1700 asperse1702 palaver1713 blarney1834 sawder1834 soft-soap1835 to cock up1838 soft-solder1838 soother1842 behoney1845 soap1853 beslaver1861 beslobber1868 smarm1902 sugar1923 sweetmouth1948 smooth-talk1950 1948 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ix. 81 Employment [by the Gullahs] of groups of words for..verbs..or other parts of speech (such as..to sweet mouth ‘to flatter’). 1950 Language 26 330 Not recorded in the Atlas but commonly considered to be of Negro origin are such metaphors as sweet-mouth ‘to flatter’ and bad~mouth ‘to curse’. 1973 J. Jones Touch of Danger xli. 238 He went on sweetmouthing me, with his slippery mean eyes. < as lemmas |
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