well-oiled

短语
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发音

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词形变化

more well-oiled 比较级 most well-oiled 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Well-run; smoothrunning; efficiently run.

    习语
  2. 2.

    Drunk.

    习语
  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see well, oiled.

词源

The figurative sense of smoothrunning is an extension from the literal sense involving lubrication.

来源:wiktionary