( 亦作schmeer, shmeer, 或shmear) US informal <美, 非正式>
1
- an underhand inducement引诱, 诱惑。
2
- a smear or spread污迹; 食品的涂料(如果酱、干酪等):
a schmear of low-fat cream cheese.
一块涂面包的低脂奶油干酪。
with obj.
- flatter or ingratiate oneself with (someone)奉承, 讨好:
he was constantly buying us drinks and schmearing us up.
他常给我们买饮料, 取悦我们。
短语
the whole schmear
- everything possible or available; every aspect of the situation可得到的一切; 事情的方方面面:
I'm going for the whole schmear.
我要去了解整个事件。
词源
1960s: from Yiddish shmirn 'flatter, grease'.