schmear

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A spread that goes on a bagel.
  2. A batch of things that go together.
    — So you can buy a la carte programming, or you can buy the whole schmear.
  3. An aggregate.
动词 v.
  1. To spread something, often a bagel spread.
  2. To bribe. slang,transitive
    — "What happened?" "Nothing." "How could nothing happen if you're not with her? Listen, did you grease that d.j.?" "No." "You didn't schmear him? You think the world owes you a living?"

词形变化

schmears plural shmear alternative schmeer alternative shmeer alternative schmears present,singular,third-person schmearing participle,present schmeared participle,past schmeared past shmear alternative schmeer alternative shmeer alternative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear, smearcase. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.
The sense “bribe” is from Yiddish שמירן (shmirn, “to smear, to bribe”), senses found also in German schmieren. The implication is that a bribe helps “lubricate” an interaction.
词源 2
Borrowed from Yiddish שמיר (shmir, “smear, spread”); compare German schmieren. Doublet of smear, smearcase. By surface analysis, schm- + smear.
The sense “bribe” is from Yiddish שמירן (shmirn, “to smear, to bribe”), senses found also in German schmieren. The implication is that a bribe helps “lubricate” an interaction.
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