schmear
英 [ʃmɪə]
美
- n. 贿赂；事情
- vt. 贿赂；贪污
英文词源
- schmear (n.)
- 1961, "bribery," from Yiddish shmir "spread," from shmirn "to grease, smear," from Middle High German smiren, from Old High German smirwen "to smear" (see smear (v.); compare slang to grease (someone's) palm "to bribe"). Phrase the whole schmear "the entire affair" is attested from 1969, originally show business jargon,