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lubricous

['lu:brikəs]

adj. 光滑的；润滑的；不稳定的

英文词源

lubricous (adj.): 1530s, "lascivious," from Latin lubricus "slippery, smooth," from lubricus "slippery" (see lubricant (adj.)). Literal meaning "slippery, oily" is from 1650s in English; figurative sense of "shifty, elusive" is from 1640s. Also lubricious (1580s).