greasy

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

greasiergreasiest

Superlative

greasey

1.
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
a greasy mineral
2.
Containing a lot of grease or fat.
c. 1795, Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Taylor’s Family Companion: or The Whole Art of Cookery Display’d, London: W. Lane, “To fry flat Fish,” p. 37, Before you dish them up, lay them upon a drainer before the fire sloping, for two or three minutes, which will prevent their eating greasy.
3.
Oily in manner; obsequious.
4.
(slang)Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
5.
(obsolete)Fat, bulky.
6.
(obsolete)Gross; indelicate; indecent.
7.
(of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

greasiesgreasey

1.
(Australia, countable)An annoyed or contemptuous look; a dirty look.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Wool that still contains grease and has not undergone scouring.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English gresi, gressy, equivalent to grease + -y.