grease: [13] Latin crassus meant ‘solid, thick, fat’, and hence ‘gross, stupid’ (English borrowed it in this latter metaphorical sense as crass [16], and it is also the source of French gras ‘fat’). On it was based the Vulgar Latin derived noun *crassia ‘(melted) animal fat’, which passed into English via Old French craisse, later graisse, and Anglo-Norman gresse or grece. Old French craisse was the source of craisset ‘oil lamp’, from which English got cresset [14]. => crass, cresset
grease (n.)
"oily fat of land animals," c. 1300, from Anglo-French grece, Old French gresse, craisse "grease, fat" (Modern French graisse), from Vulgar Latin *crassia "(melted) animal fat, grease," from Latin crassus "thick, solid, fat" (source also of Spanish grasa, Italian grassa). Grease paint, used by actors, attested from 1880. Grease monkey "mechanic" is from 1920.
grease (v.)
mid-14c., "smear, lubricate, or anoint with grease or fat," from grease (n.). Sense of "ply with bribe or protection money" is 1520s, from notion of grease the wheels "make things run smoothly" (mid-15c.). To grease (someone's) palm is from 1580s. Expression greased lightning, representing something that goes very fast, is American English, by 1832.
实用例句
1. Grease 6 ramekin dishes of 150 ml (5-6 fl oz) capacity.
将6个容量为150毫升（5至6液盎司）的烤盘涂上油。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Grease two sturdy baking sheets and heat the oven to 400 degrees.
在两块结实的烤板上抹些油，把烤炉加热到400度。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The floor was covered in grease and filth.
地板上满是油垢和污物。
来自《权威词典》
4. Grease marks can be removed with liquid detergent.
