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blarney n. 奉承话
vt.
vi. 谄媚,阿谀 奉承话谄媚,阿谀 blarney n 1: flattery designed to gain favor [ synonym: { blarney}, { coaxing}, { soft soap}, { sweet talk}] v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; " He palavered her into going along" [ synonym: { wheedle}, { cajole}, { palaver}, { blarney}, { coax}, { sweet- talk}, { inveigle}] Blarney \ Blar" ney\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Blarneyed} (- n[ i^] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Blarneying}.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. " Blarneyed the landlord." -- Irving. [ 1913 Webster] Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. -- S. G. Goodrich. [ 1913 Webster]
blarney \ blar" ney\ ( bl[ aum] r" n[ y^]), n. [ Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in Ireland.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] { Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland ( built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. Note: The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the castle, one must be held upside- down by the feet and lowered into the proper position from an opening in an overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed by some tourists. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " blarney": adulation, banter, blandish, blandishment, bunkum, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, compliment, con, eyewash, fair words, fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense, oil, palaver, praise, pretty lies, soap, soft soap, soft- soap, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sweet- talk, sycophancy, wheedle, wheedling
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