lickspittle

n. 奉承者

发音

UK /ˈlɪkspɪtl/
其它

词形变化

lickspittles 复数 lickspittles lickspittled lickspittles 三单 lickspittling lickspittling 现在分词 lickspittled 过去式 lickspittled 过去分词

别名

lick-spittle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fawning toady; a base sycophant.

  2. 2.

    The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.

    引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).

    不及物 及物

词源

A compounding: lick (“pass one’s tongue over”) + spittle (“saliva”); the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).

来源：wiktionary