glib
To make smooth or slipperyTo make smooth or slippery.
» The glib tone of the article undermines its credibility.
Значение
значений: 2(переходный)To make smooth or slippery.
(устаревшее)To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
Примеры
предложений: 5The glib tone of the article undermines its credibility.
He may seem glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
He may come across as glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
Are you going to give me a glib answer, or are you going to think before you reply?
The river was frozen very hard, and the merry skaters seemed almost to fly, they went so fast over the glib ice.
Происхождение
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glA shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).
Compare Old English and dialectal English lib (“to castrate, geld”), dialectal Danish live, Low German and Old Dutch lubben.
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Формы
glibs, glibbing, glibbed, glibbedУроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени