scurrilous
英 ['sk?r?l?s]
美['sk??l?s]
- adj. 下流的；說話粗鄙惡劣的；無禮的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?scurrilously;
助記提示
1. scurrilous jokes 粗俗笑話, 下流笑話。
中文詞源
scurrilous 粗俗的，下流的，滿口臟話的，惡語中傷的
來自 scurrile,粗俗的笑話，黃段子，來自拉丁語 scurrilis,小丑一樣的，來自 scurra,二流子， 流氓，小丑。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