social lubricant

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词形变化

social lubricants 复数 social lubricants

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A food, beverage, drug or activity that helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions.

    习语

词源

By a metaphor in which facilitating human social interaction is portrayed as lubricating machinery (e.g., oiling the gears, greasing the wheels); in this regard, compare also lubrication payment.

来源：wiktionary