英语词汇greased的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	greased
词源	greased. Grunt (infantryman) lingo in Vietnam for being killed. “They used a hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness,” Tim O’Brien wrote in “The Things They Carried” (1987). “Offed, lit up, zapped while zipping [killed by a sniper just after urinating]. It wasn’t cruelty, just stage presence.” See zap.
随便看	a bridge too far a broken reed a brooklyn absalom absence makes the heart grow fonder absinthe absolute zero absolutism tempered by assassination absquatulate absurd abundance abuse abyss academy academic acamarackus acanthus acapulco gold a case of the tail a cat has nine lives accidentally on purpose accolade according to cocker according to fowler according to guinness according to gunter etc

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