1590s, "smooth and slippery," a dialect word, possibly a shortening of obsolete glibbery "slippery," which is perhaps from Low German glibberig "smooth, slippery," from Middle Low German glibberich, from or related to glibber "jelly," all part of the Germanic group of gl- words for "smooth, shining, joyful" (see glad (adj.)). Of words, speakers, etc., from c. 1600. Related: Glibly; glibness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Many of these killers are frequently glib and superficially charming.
這些殺手中,多數(shù)都是能說(shuō)會(huì)道、外表迷人。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Mr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all.