oily的意思|oily的解释-里氏词典

oily ['ɔɪlɪ]

a. 油的, 油滑的, 油嘴的

[化] 油的; 含油的; 油性的; 油质的; 多油的; 油腻的; 油滑的

oily
oilier, oiliest

[ adj ]

containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

<adj.all>

greasy hamburgers

oily fried potatoes

oleaginous seeds

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

<adj.all>

buttery praise

gave him a fulsome introduction

an oily sycophantic press agent

oleaginous hypocrisy

smarmy self-importance

the unctuous Uriah Heep

soapy compliments

coated or covered with oil

<adj.all>

oily puddles in the streets

smeared or soiled with grease or oil

<adj.all>

greasy coveralls

get rid of rubbish and oily rags

Oily \Oil"y\, a. [Compar. {Oilier}; superl. {Oiliest}.]
1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or
qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or
substance. --Bacon.

2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an
oily appearance.

3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible;
insinuating. ``This oily rascal.'' --Shak.

His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller.

{Oily grain} (Bot.), the sesame.

{Oily palm}, the oil palm.

An olive will just make your cocktail oily. I emerged from the tasting slightly light-headed and not wholly convinced that I had really got to the bottom of the martini debate.
Lee said he believes there are thousands of pits and tanks covered with an oily film in his region of Texas alone, and "I have reason to believe there are at least as many pits per area of oil production in other parts of Texas.
The oily onslaught is near the inland Bolsa Chica Wetlands, an ecological reserve that is home to the endangered California brown pelican as well as a temporary home to thousands of migratory birds and much marine life.
Oil would spoil desalination plants and oily water can't be used to cool power plant turbines, he said.
Busch stopped brewing beer Tuesday after tasters noticed an oily aroma to the plant's water supply.
"Yeah, look," he says, pointing to an oily slick.
The burning tires also leave an oily residue that can contaminate underground and surface water.
The green-and-white vessel started sinking but settled in shallow water, covered in oily scum.
Put a rubber ball inside the oily water to see if water can make things float.
Shifting winds bring an oily, black gloom over the city.
It is generally described as heavy and oily, with cocktail sauce needed to make it more palatable.
Crews have removed gross contamination from many shorelines, but they remain oily.
It wasn't until the early 1970s that residents began to notice foul smells in their basements and oily puddles in their yards.
Kelso's agency has asked the Coast Guard for permission to anchor a vessel next to the tanker to test the water and determine the source of an oily sheen.
An oily slick several miles long may be from residue dissolving in the tanks of the Exxon Valdez as the damaged tanker goes in circles outside San Diego Bay, Coast Guard officials said.
'We realised our main strength was electronics so we didn't want dirty, oily activities alongside.
We use 1.5 per cent because it is what works: use less and it would be ineffective; use more and your head would look like an oily mop.
Two seabirds have died and oily birds were spotted, but there were no new reports of dead wildlife.
At Smith Island _ one of the most heavily oiled beaches and one that drew the most effort early in the cleanup _ rocks, sand and gravel remained coated with oil Thursday, and an oily sheen washed off the shore.
There's a creepy eroticism to the scene that perfectly matches the late Micheal Mac Liammoir's oily puckishness as Iago.
Also Friday, Anheuser Busch Cos. announced that it had recalled 1,500 of 2,000 bottlers and brewers laid off Tuesday when production shut down after tasters noticed an oily aroma to the water used for brewing the beer.
"There's a huge cloud of dark, oily smoke," said Fred Peterson of radio station KSLY. "The pier is an old pier and soaked with oil from over the years.
Forget the lighter herbs, such as tarragon and chervil, but use plenty of marjoram and oregano with chicken and oily fish such as bass or mackerel. Shred basil on to meat or fish after it has been grilled.
Bill Rainey, Exxon's operation manager, said Monday the most serious injury to date has been a broken ankle sustained by a woman who fell on an oily beach.
A series of suspicious oily spills and other problems off the California coast caused state officials to halt the Exxon Valdez so tests could be conducted and emergency repairs could be made.
After finally getting approval from the state, workers piled the oily material on top of a storm berm, high at the back of the beach, where Exxon said it would be safe from normal tides.
Exxon and government scientists said Friday they plan to test-spray an oily island beach with powerful sludge-thinning chemicals because weeks of scouring have failed to clean Alaska's oily shores.
Exxon and government scientists said Friday they plan to test-spray an oily island beach with powerful sludge-thinning chemicals because weeks of scouring have failed to clean Alaska's oily shores.
On one side of Prince William Sound, wildlife agents set up scarecrows and fireworks Thursday to scare migratory birds from landing on oily beaches.
At issue is treament and discharge of ballast water-sea water taken into the oily bays of tankers to provide stability during the rough passage from the continental U.S. to Alaska.

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