badmouth

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发音

/ˈbæd.maʊθ/

词形变化

badmouthed badmouthing badmouths 三单 badmouths badmouthing 现在分词 badmouthed 过去式 badmouthed 过去分词

别名

bad-mouth

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

    非正式 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

malign drag through the mud traduce

上位词 9

sully smear slander defame denigrate asperse besmirch calumniate smirch

词源

Calque of a Mande term, perhaps Vai [Term?] or Mandinka [Term?], which entered English via Gullah [Term?]. Compare Japanese 悪口(わるぐち) (waruguchi, “badmouthing”), which is a compound of 悪(わる) (waru, “bad, wicked”) and 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”).

来源：wiktionary