obscenity

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n. 淫秽, 淫秽的语言(或行为、动作), 可憎的事 [法] 猥亵, 淫诲, 猥亵的言语或行动

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词形变化

obscenities 复数 obscenities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is obscene.

    淫秽

    猥亵

    可数 不可数

    Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"

  2. 2.

    An act of obscene behaviour.

    可数 不可数

    Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.

  3. 3.

    Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.

    可数 不可数

    Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.

  4. 4.

    Lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour or material.

    不可数 可数

    The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.

  5. 5.

    The fact of being obscene.

    不可数 可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

filth smut bawdiness dirty word lewdness salaciousness salacity vulgarism

上位词 3

profanity indecency impropriety

下位词 5

bawdy bawdry dirtiness scatology smuttiness

词源

From obscene + -ity, from Latin obscenitas.

来源：wiktionary