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oleaginous

/oh-lee-aj-uh-nuhs/US // ˌoʊ liˈædʒ ə nəs //UK // (ˌəʊlɪˈædʒɪnəs) //

油性的,油腻的,油性,油质

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the nature or qualities of oil.
    • : containing oil.
    • : producing oil.
    • : unctuous; fawning; smarmy.

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Examples

  • “You are a great man,” Arafat said, turning on his insincere, oleaginous charm.

  • It also gives it an oleaginous mouthfeel that I don't like in soup.

  • She will almost never be praised in public except by oleaginous flatterers desperate for social advantage.

  • I really like that, as it was quite a change from the somewhat oleaginous British academic leadership.

  • Kissinger, at his oleaginous best, tries to reassure Nixon that, whatever the press says, the bombing achieved its intention.

  • They are oleaginous, and nutritious; and are used as a substitute for almonds.

  • A volatile oleaginous substance obtained by distillation from draco-cephalum Moldavicum.

  • Because friction generates caloric, which volatises the oleaginous particles of the stearine matter.

  • In this caldron a seething sea of oleaginous liquid conceals an infinite variety of animal and vegetable substances.

  • The fruit of this plant (hemp seed) is demulcent and oleaginous.