lip service

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Promising but empty talk; words without action or intention. idiomatic,uncountable
    — The candidate gave lip service to fixing the problems, but it is doubtful that he will do much.
  2. Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip). slang,uncountable,vulgar
    — Jack gave Samantha lip service.

词形变化

lipservice alternative lip-service alternative

词源

First use appears c. 1590, in A Treatise against Witchcraft by Henry Holland. Compare earlier lip-labour.
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