backbite

v. 背后诽谤, 背后中伤 n. 背后诽谤, 背后中伤

词形变化

backbites 复数 backbites backbit backbites 三单 backbiting backbitten backbiting 现在分词 backbit 过去式 backbitten 过去式 backbitten 过去分词

别名

back-bite

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.

    戳脊梁骨

    戳脊梁

    诽谤

  2. 2.

    To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.

    非正式
  3. 3.

    To speak badly of an absent individual.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

bitch

上位词 6

kick plain complain kvetch quetch sound off

词源

From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).

来源：wiktionary