grease

noun

/ɡriːs/

[uncountable]

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any thick oily substance, especially one that is used to make machines run smoothly油脂；潤滑脂
- Grease marks can be removed with liquid detergent.用洗滌液可除去油漬。
- Her hands were covered with oil and grease.她滿手油垢。
- the grease in his hair他頭發上的油
see also elbow grease
animal fat that has been made softer by cooking or heating（煉過的）動物油脂
- He collected the plates, which were covered with grease.他收走那些油膩的盤子。
- There was a film of grease on the kitchen window.廚房的窗戶上有一層油脂。
Extra Examples
- The kitchen surfaces were all smeared with grease.廚房裏到處都是油污。
- He spoke as he ate, spraying crumbs everywhere, and letting grease dribble down his chin.他邊吃邊說，把面包屑噴得到處都是，讓油脂順着下巴流下來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bacon
verb + grease
- be covered in
- be covered with
- be smeared with
- …
grease + noun
- mark
- spot
- stain
- …
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French graisse, based on Latin crassus ‘thick, fat’.

verb

/ɡriːs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they grease	/ɡriːs/ /ɡriːs/
he / she / it greases	/ˈɡriːsɪz/ /ˈɡriːsɪz/
past simple greased	/ɡriːst/ /ɡriːst/
past participle greased	/ɡriːst/ /ɡriːst/
-ing form greasing	/ˈɡriːsɪŋ/ /ˈɡriːsɪŋ/

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Idioms

grease somebody’s palm

(old-fashioned, informal) to give somebody money in order to persuade them to do something dishonest向某人行賄；用金錢收買 synonym bribe

grease the wheels (North American English)

(British English oil the wheels)

to help something to happen easily and without problems, especially in business or politics（尤指在商業上或政治上）起促進作用

Grease

/ɡriːs/

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a US musical play about the love affairs of young people, especially Danny and Sandy, in a high school in the early days of rock and roll. The title refers to the hair oil used by the boys. In the successful film version (1978) John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John played the main parts. Grease 2 (1982) with different actors was less successful.油脂：這是一部關於音樂的音樂劇，講述了搖滾樂時代初期年輕人在高中時的愛情，尤其是丹尼和桑迪。標題是指男孩使用的發油。在成功的電影版本（1978年）中，約翰·特拉沃爾塔和奧利維亞·牛頓·約翰扮演了主要角色。油脂2（1982）由不同的演員完成，效果不佳。