(亦作 smooge) Austral./NZ informal <澳/新西兰, 非正式>
no obj.
- behave in an ingratiating manner拍马屁, 献殷勤:
he used to hang around here smoodging to mum.
他过去常待在这儿讨母亲欢心。
mass noun
- affectionate flattery恭维:
what's wrong with a bit of smoodge between friends?
朋友之间偶尔相互恭维一下有什么不妥?
派生词
smoodger
noun词源
early 20th cent.: probably an alteration of dialect smouch 'kiss, sidle up to'.