“soft、soap”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

soft-soap

释义

soft-soap, v.
Also soft soap.
[f. prec.]
1. trans. To flatter, ‘soft-sawder’. slang.
1840F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers xxv. (1883) 114 Ye don't ketch me a slanderin' folks behind ther backs and then soft-soapin' 'em to their faces.1843in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1848) 320, I am tired of this system of place⁓men soft-soaping the people.1883A. K. Green (Mrs. Rohlfs) Hand & Ring xxv, I am not a clumsy fellow at softsoaping a girl.
2. To treat or coat with soft soap.
1900Daily News 7 Aug. 3/4 Long poles..plentifully soft-soaped.
Hence soft-soaper; soft-soaping vbl. n.
1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 7 Zach, therefore,..set up in the soft-soaping and deceiving line of business.1852‘Mark Twain’ in Hannibal Jrnl. Sept. 16 He was narrowly watching this soft-soaper of Democratic rascality.1904Blackw. Mag. May 619/2 There are some soft-soapers who never advance and never aspire.

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