| 单词 | ribald |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['ribəld] |
| 解释 | a.下流的，粗鄙的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 下流的，粗鄙的 (crude, using coarse indecent humor) 【考】 反义词：seemly(适宜 的) 【记】 分割记忆：rib(肋骨) +bald(秃头的)→肋骨 露了出来→下流的 【同】 派生词：ribaldry (n. 粗俗下流的言词或笑 话) 【例】 a ribald joke(粗俗的笑话) |
| 字源 | ribald (adj.) c.1500, from ribald, ribaud (n.), mid-13c., "a rogue, ruffian, rascall, scoundrell, varlet, filthie fellow" [Cotgrave], from Old French ribaut, ribalt "rogue, scoundrel, lewd lover," also as an adjective, "wanton, depraved, dissolute, licentious," of uncertain origin, perhaps (with suffix -ald) from riber "be wanton, sleep around, dally amorously," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German riban "be wanton," literally "to rub," possibly from the common euphemistic use of "rub" words to mean "have sex"), from Proto-Germanic *wribanan, from PIE root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 下流的; 粗鄙的 【记】rib肋骨, bald秃的－肋骨露出来－下流的 【参】ribaldry(n 粗俗下流的笑话) 【类】ribald: seemly = labyrinthine: direct下流的不是适宜的 = 迷宫的不是直接的 【反】seemly(adj 适宜的); proper(adj 适当的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】rib 肋骨 + bald 光秃，一掀衣服露出肋骨→露体→下流；rib 玩笑 + bald bold 开枯燥无聊的玩笑 |
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