Unction

['ʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n] or ['ʌŋkʃən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual.

(noun.) excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.

錄入:帕特里斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.

(n.) That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.

(n.) Divine or sanctifying grace.

(n.) That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.

編輯:西娅

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. [Rare.] Unguent, ointment.[2]. Fervor, emotion, devotional feeling.

科迪莉亚整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Life, spirit, force, animation, fervor, power

ANT:Flatness, lameness, weakness, Inanimateness, coldness, perfunctoriness,lifelessness, dilutedness, vapidity

戈登編輯

解釋/意思:

n. an anointing: that which is used for anointing: ointment: that quality in language which raises emotion or devotion: warmth of address: divine or sanctifying grace.—n. Unctūos′ity state or quality of being unctuous: oiliness: greasiness.—adj. Unc′tūous oily: greasy.—adv. Unc′tūously.—n. Unc′tūousness unctuosity.—Extreme unction (R.C. Church) the sacrament of anointing persons with consecrated oil in their last hours.

整理:洛厄尔