汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 油腔滑调
油腔滑调 (油腔滑調)
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily
Describes that the speech is frivolous, not sincere, and not serious
形容说话或行文浮滑不实。
yóu qiāng huá/gǔ (調) diào/tiáo
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

微软有理由油腔滑调

Microsoft has reason to be glib.

他说起话来油腔滑调的。

He speaks glibly.; He has a glib tongue.

普雷斯科特虽然在日记里写“讨厌的谐音”,可是他写文章的风格还是有点油腔滑调

Prescott's style, though in his diary he wrote "bother euphony", is euphonious.