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oily

/oi-lee/US // ˈɔɪ li //UK // (ˈɔɪlɪ) //

油性,油性的,油腻的,油腻

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    oil·i·er, oil·i·est.

    • : smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
    • : of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling oil.
    • : of or relating to oil.
    • : full of or containing oil.
    • : smooth or unctuous, as in manner or speech: an oily hypocrite.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in an oily manner.

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Examples

  • This bug repellant has a citrusy scent and doesn’t leave any oily residue after a generous mist.

  • With a 25 percent deet formula, the EPA-approved Cutter Backwoods Dry is less oily and less pungent than other similar sprays.

  • Most of the brands I’ve tried are too oily, smell terrible or rely on a disconcertingly high quantity of deet for me to want to use regularly.

  • Pigskin is great for oily or wet situations, and elkskin is even better at resisting high temperatures than cow leather.

  • We stacked ingredients on the floor and pulled oily gray rags from a bag to wipe down counters.

  • It is oily, dark and almost rotten tasting, but it did not make me unwell.

  • Like a muffaletta, the bread must be chewy enough to stay tough when wrapped around oily foods.

  • The meat glistened seductively with melted butter, piled high and steaming on top of a crisp, oily split-top bun.

  • In the lean rainy season, the women switched out meat and oily sauces for vegetables.

  • I always thought Ari Fleischer and Lanny Davis (two of the “experts” advising Snyder on PR) were oily.

  • She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.

  • Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.

  • The flavor is rich and mellow; a little more oily than Havana leaf.

  • Immediately, the liquid became pure and colorless and the surface indicated a distinctly oily film.

  • This fire is built of oily nuts found in the forest, and the thick smoke arises through what would be the neck of the bottle.