debauch

vt. 使堕落 vi. 放荡 n. 放荡

发音

AU /dɪˈbɔːt͡ʃ/

词形变化

debauches 复数 debauches debauched debauches 三单 debauching debauching 现在分词 debauched 过去式 debauched 过去分词

别名

debosh

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An individual act of debauchery.

    放荡

  2. 2.

    An orgy.

v.
  1. 1.

    To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.

    使堕落

    及物
  2. 2.

    To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).

    及物
  3. 3.

    To indulge in revelry.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

riot orgy debauchery bacchanal Bacchanalia Saturnalia

上位词 2

revel revelry
动词

同义词 10

pervert corrupt profane subvert demoralize misdirect debase demoralise deprave vitiate

上位词 3

change alter modify

下位词 10

poison infect bastardise bastardize carnalise carnalize lead astray lead off sensualise sensualize

词源

1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauchier (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk. Evolution of sense unclear; may be literally “to shave/trim wood to make a beam” or may be “to leave/lure someone from a workshop”, Frankish *balkō perhaps also meaning “workshop”. Possible corruption by way of Anglicised French term bord (“edge, curb”): curb crawling as a synonym for prostitution. Parallels in modern German: Bordsteinschwalbe (“prostitute”, literally “Curb-stone-swallow”). English words bawd, bawdiness may be similarly connected.

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