| 单词 | scurrilous |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['skʌriləs] |
| 解释 | a.下流的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 下流的(being vulgar and evil) 【记】 scurril(下流)+ous→ 下流的；可以和scurr y(急奔)一起记 【例】 a scurrilous jest(下流庸俗的笑话 ) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 恶言诽谤的(使用粗俗的、下流的、辱骂的语言的) 【记】scur = scar伤疤, ril, ous多－伤疤多是因为说话下流被打的. 【类】scurrilous: propriety = mercurial: constancy下流的不适当 = 易变的不一致 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】scarry 伤疤的 scary 害怕的，脸上有刀疤的人说吓人的脏话；curry 译音，咖哩 + lous 是黄色下流的；s死 不好 + current + 流，不好的流，下流 |
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