oil up

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词形变化

oiled up oiling up oils up 三单 oils up oiling up 现在分词 oiled up 过去式 oiled up 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil.

    及物

    They really oiled up that bike chain, didn't they?

    They oiled it up with about five times more oil than was necessary.

    1923, May, Boy's Life Tom oiled up his chain and set out with a dozen miles yet to go before he would reach a good road. He had not ridden more than a mile before he met a farmer's boy on a bicycle. The boy stopped and asked Tom where he was going.

  2. 2.

    To get (someone) drunk.

    They really oiled him up last night, planning to get him to talk, but he'd been well warned about industrial espionage, and he kept his cool.