smarm

vt. 使(头发)平滑, 阿谀, 说奉承话

发音

UK /smɑːm/
其它
US /smɑɹm/

词形变化

smarms 复数 smarms smarmed smarming smarms 三单 smarming 现在分词 smarmed 过去式 smarmed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Smarmy language or behavior.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A style of fan fiction in which characters are warm and caring toward each other but without sexual overtones.

    可数 俚语 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To fawn, to be unctuous.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To address in a fawning and unctuous manner.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

fulsomeness unction

上位词 1

compliment

词源

The noun is attested since 1914, from the colloquial verb smalm, smarm (“to smear, bedaub (hair, with pomade)”), attested since 1847, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow suggestive of the action. Verbal meaning "to smear with flattery" is from 1902.

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