bootlicking 详细解释

bootlicking

['bu:tlik]

[ bootlicking ]

v. 拍马屁, 谄媚

词形变化

名词: bootlicker | 动词过去式: bootlicked | 动词过去分词: bootlicked | 动词现在分词: bootlicking | 动词第三人称单数: bootlicks |

英英释义

动词 bootlick:

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

同义词:fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up

形容词 bootlicking:

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

同义词:fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish

attempting to win favor by flattery

同义词:fawning, sycophantic, toadyish

例句

1. a bootlicking politician谄媚的政客 2. His bootlicking [=brownnosing] disgusts me.他的媚态让我很反感。