buttering [
'bʌtɚ]
n. 奉承, 巴结
[化] 隔离层; 堆边焊; 预堆边焊
- I've seen you buttering up the boss!
我看见你巴结老板来著! - Don't bother buttering up to me. I'm too old a hand to be won over by flattery.
不必劳驾来拍我马屁。我可是个老资格,才不吃那一套哩。 - She was just buttering up to the boss to try to get a favour of him.
为了从老板那里得到好处,她正在巴结他呢。
Butter \But"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttered} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Buttering}.]
1. To cover or spread with butter.
I know what's what. I know on which side
My bread is buttered. --Ford.
2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
[Cant] --Johnson.