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silver-tongued

/sil-ver-tuhngd/US // ˈsɪl vərˈtʌŋd //

油嘴滑舌,银口玉言,油嘴滑舌的,油嘴滑舌的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.

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Examples

  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.

  • Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.

  • No congratulations for those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and then blame the poor for being poor.

  • Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.

  • Gold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both.

  • At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).

  • When used by gentlemen it was common to carry a silver basin to spit in.

  • But his servant runs after the man, and gets two talents of silver and some garments under false pretences.

  • The order of the bells is first “silver,” second “golden,” third “brazen,” and fourth “iron.”