英語單詞

scurrilous是什麽意思

scurrilous

英 ['skʌrɪləs] 美 ['skɝələs]
  • adj. 下流的;說話粗鄙惡劣的;無禮的

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1. scurrilous jokes 粗俗笑話, 下流笑話。

中文詞源


scurrilous 粗俗的,下流的,滿口髒話的,惡語中傷的

來自 scurrile,粗俗的笑話,黃段子,來自拉丁語 scurrilis,小醜一樣的,來自 scurra,二流子, 流氓,小醜。引申詞義誹謗的,惡語中傷的。

英文詞源


scurrilous (adj.)
"using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant" [Johnson], 1570s, from scurrile "coarsely joking" (c. 1500, implied in scurrility), from Latin scurrilis "buffoonlike," from scurra "fashionable city idler, man-about-town," later "buffoon." According to Klein, "an Etruscan loan-word." Related: Scurrilously; scurrilousness.

雙語例句


1. Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.
有人正在捏造虛假誹謗的故事。

來自辭典例句

2. She was often quite scurrilous in her references to me.
她一提起我,常常罵罵咧咧的.

來自辭典例句

3. Her scurrilous performances have already condemned her.
她的信口漫罵的演出已給她定了罪.

來自辭典例句

4. Satan dropped it there, I take it, intending a scurrilous jest against your reverence.
我想, 準是撒旦丟在那兒, 有意中傷閣下您的.

來自英漢文學 - 紅字

5. She was frightened by an utterly false accusation and an utterly scurrilous threat.
她受到人家徹頭徹尾的誣告,還被人家徹頭徹尾的卑鄙威脅嚇壞了.

來自辭典例句

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