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单词 slimy
释义
slimyslim‧y /ˈslaɪmi/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The had the usual slimy politician on TV talking about "the innate good sense of the voters".
  • What a slimy, horrible man.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He sees romance, mystery and science in the 2, 000 miles of rat-infested, slimy tunnels he has explored.
  • His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick.
  • I start down the slimy path toward him.
  • It mildewed towels, made sleeping bags clammy, soaked the pressed bamboo of the cockpit floor so it was unpleasantly slimy.
  • Suddenly I start puking into the road, but nothing comes up except this slimy stuff.
  • Their warty, slimy and sometimes scaly skins can be almost any colour.
  • These slimy teams play in New Jersey and call themselves New York.
  • These hairy, slimy crawlers not only invaded fictional cities, they crept into the darker crevices of our minds.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatortoo friendly in a way that is unpleasant
talking to someone as if you know them very well although in fact you do not, especially in a way that people think is unpleasant or offensive: · I don't like it when men I've just met are too familiar.· She came up to me and started talking in such a familiar way that I thought I must have met her before.
informal someone who is smarmy behaves in a very friendly way but seems completely insincere: · He's been criticized for his smarmy behavior when interviewing celebrities.· a slick, smarmy public relations officer· He denies calling the Prime Minister "smarmy".
British if someone is over-friendly , they are too friendly in a way that is unpleasant, for example standing or sitting too close to you: · A man in the pub was a little over-friendly, so I left early.
formal someone who is obsequious always tries too hard to be friendly and helpful, and always agrees with what other people say, in a way that people think is very annoying: · The waiter was polite and efficient, but not obsequious.· All this obsequious praise for his actions is enough to make most normal people sick.
informal someone who is slimy is too friendly and praises people too much in a way that is clearly dishonest and makes you think they are just trying to get an advantage for themselves: · What a slimy, horrible man.· They had the usual slimy politician on TV talking about "the innate good sense of the voters".
1covered with slime, or wet and slippery like slime:  slimy mud2informal friendly in an unpleasant way that does not seem sincere – used to show disapproval:  a slimy politiciansliminess noun [uncountable]
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