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单词 greased
释义

grease /grēs/

noun
  1. A soft thick animal fat
  2. Oily matter of any kind
  3. The condition of fatness
  4. An inflammation in the heels of a horse, marked by swelling, etc (veterinary medicine)
transitive verb
  1. (in UK sometimes pronounced /grēz/) to smear with grease
  2. To lubricate
  3. To bribe (slang)
  4. To facilitate
ORIGIN: OFr gresse fatness, gras fat, from L crassus

greaseˈless adjective

greaser /grēzˈər or grēsˈər/ noun

  1. A person who greases
  2. A member of a gang of long-haired motorcyclists (slang)
  3. A ship's engineer (slang)
  4. A Mexican or a Spanish American or Mediterranean person (US; offensive sl)
  5. An obsequious person (Aust and NZ informal)
  6. (of an aircraft) a gentle landing

greasˈily adverb

greasˈiness noun

greasˈy adjective

  1. (in UK sometimes /grēzˈi/) of or like grease or oil
  2. Smeared with grease
  3. Having a slippery coating
  4. Fatty
  5. Oily
  6. Obscene
  7. Unctuous or ingratiating
noun (Aust and NZ informal)
  1. A shearer
  2. A camp-cook in the outback
  3. (in pl) fish and chips

greaseˈball noun (US derog sl)

  1. A person of Latin racial origin, esp Mediterranean or Latin American, with dark hair and skin
  2. Someone with oily, slicked-back hair
  3. A loose derogatory term, esp for someone dirty or unkempt

greaseˈband noun (horticulture)

A band of sticky or greasy material put around eg a tree trunk to prevent insects from climbing further up it

grease cup noun

A lubricating device which stores grease and feeds it into a bearing

grease gun noun

A lubricating pump

greaseˈ-heels singular noun (veterinary medicine)

Grease (in horses)

grease monkey noun (slang)

A mechanic

grease paint noun

A tallowy substance used by actors in making up

greaseˈproof adjective

Resistant or impermeable to grease

greaseˈwood noun

A name for various oily American shrubs of the goosefoot family

greasy spoon noun (slang)

A cheap, shabby, often grubby cafe

grease someone's palm see under palm1

grease the wheels (figurative)

To make things go smoothly

like greased lightning

Extremely quickly

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