glib

FREQ #33374

a. 能说善道的, 流畅的

发音

US /ɡlɪb/
AU /ɡlɪb/

词形变化

glibs 复数 glibs 三单 glibbing 现在分词 glibbed 过去式 glibbed 过去分词 glibber 比较级 glibber glibbest glibbest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person's mouth or tongue.

    英国 废旧 俚语
  2. 1.

    A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To make smooth or slippery.

    及物

    There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; which, being once glibbed with intoxicating liquor, runs wild through heaven and earth; and spares neither him that is God above, nor those which are called gods on earth.

  2. 1.

    To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

  2. 2.

    Smooth or slippery.

    过时

    a sheet of glib ice

  3. 3.

    Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

    a glib tongue; a glib speech

  4. 4.

    Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

pat slick smooth-tongued

近义相关 3

superficial persuasive plausible

词源

A shortening of either English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

来源：wiktionary