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foul a.恶臭的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；n.(体育等)犯规 foul (adj.) Old English ful "rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt, offensive to the senses," from Proto-Germanic *fulaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian ful, Middle Dutch voul, Dutch vuil, Old High German fül, German faul, Gothic füls), from root *fu-, corresponding to PIE *pu-, perhaps from the sound made in reaction to smelling something bad (compare Sanskrit puyati "rots, stinks," putih "foul, rotten;" Greek puon "discharge from a sore;" Latin pus "putrid matter," putere "to stink," putridus "rotten;" Lithuanian puviu "to rot").Old English ful occasionally meant "ugly" (as contrasted with fæger (adj.), modern fair (adj.)), a sense frequently found in Middle English, and the cognate in Swedish is the usual word for "ugly." Of weather, first recorded late 14c. In the sporting sense of "irregular, unfair" it is first attested 1797, though foul play is recorded from mid-15c. Baseball sense of "out of play" attested by 1860. Foulmart was a Middle English word for "polecat" (from Old English mearð "marten").foul (v.) Old English fulian "to become foul, rot," from ful (see foul (adj.)). Related: Fouled; fouling. 【记】音：覆，覆盖着鼻子，太臭【相关】filthy 不洁的, 污秽的,fault 过错

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[faul] 【英】 adj. 恶臭的(stinking; loathsome) ；邪恶的(very wicked)；v. 弄脏(soil; defile) ；n. (体育等)犯规(an infraction of the rules, as of a game or sport)【例】 a foul traitor (无耻叛徒) / be cautioned for a foul on another football player 无

单词	foul
音标	[faul]
解释	a.恶臭的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；n.(体育等)犯规
红宝书	【英】 adj. 恶臭的(stinking; loathsome) ；邪恶的(very wicked)；v. 弄脏(soil; defile) ；n. (体育等)犯规(an infraction of the rules, as of a game or sport) 【例】 a foul traitor (无耻叛徒) / be cautioned for a foul on another football player
字源	foul (adj.) Old English ful "rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt, offensive to the senses," from Proto-Germanic fulaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian ful, Middle Dutch voul, Dutch vuil, Old High German fül, German faul, Gothic füls), from root fu-, corresponding to PIE *pu-, perhaps from the sound made in reaction to smelling something bad (compare Sanskrit puyati "rots, stinks," putih "foul, rotten;" Greek puon "discharge from a sore;" Latin pus "putrid matter," putere "to stink," putridus "rotten;" Lithuanian puviu "to rot"). Old English ful occasionally meant "ugly" (as contrasted with fæger (adj.), modern fair (adj.)), a sense frequently found in Middle English, and the cognate in Swedish is the usual word for "ugly." Of weather, first recorded late 14c. In the sporting sense of "irregular, unfair" it is first attested 1797, though foul play is recorded from mid-15c. Baseball sense of "out of play" attested by 1860. Foulmart was a Middle English word for "polecat" (from Old English mearð "marten"). foul (v.) Old English fulian "to become foul, rot," from ful (see foul (adj.)). Related: Fouled; fouling.
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趣味全助记	【记】音：覆，覆盖着鼻子，太臭【相关】filthy 不洁的, 污秽的,fault 过错

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