单词 | obscene |
释义 | obsceneWord family adverbobscenelyadjectiveobscenenounobsceneness ob·scene /əbˈsiːn/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 SYRUDE/OBSCENErelating to sex in a way that is shocking and offensive 猥亵的,淫秽的,下流的 → rude Bradford made an obscene gesture. 布拉德福德做了个下流手势。 obscene phone calls (=calls from an unknown person saying obscene things) 下流骚扰电话 obscene photographs 淫秽照片 2 extremely unfair, immoral, or unpleasant, especially in a way that makes you angry 不公平的;不道德的;令人震怒的 Some players earn obscene amounts of money. 有些运动员的收入高得离谱。 an obscene act of cruelty 令人震惊的残暴行为 —obscenely adverbadv Examples from the Corpus obscene• This guy's thighs were so huge, it was obscene!• Indeed, the advent of such a figure on the scene of history renders sacrifices unnecessary, if not actually obscene.• Making $ 10 million or $ 15 million or $ 20 million for a movie is obscene.• 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' was banned as an obscene book.• She stomped around the room with a wastepaper basket, collecting the obscene dolls.• The long legs parted as the pale blue water took her, like an obscene gesture at Liz.• The driver cursed at him and made an obscene gesture.• The kids standing on the seats to cast shadows of rabbits, donkeys, or obscene gestures up on to the gigantic screen.• He was charged with smuggling obscene materials into the UK.• It glistens, pinky-brown, faintly obscene, on her finger.• You wouldn't believe the obscene profits these oil companies are making.• They got hot under their starched collars about an obscene profusion of textual practices. obscene phone calls• Probably a woman trying to avoid obscene phone calls.• The hate campaign began again, including obscene phone calls.• From the early days Kylie was plagued by obscene phone calls and hate mail. (1500-1600) Old French Latin obscenus |
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