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单词 four-letter word
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Definition of four-letter word in English:

four-letter word

nounˌfɔːˌlɛtə ˈwəːdˈfɔr ˌlɛdər ˈˌwərd
  • Any of several short words referring to sexual or excretory functions, regarded as coarse or offensive.

    四字母下流词,粗话,脏话

    the four-letter words were cut out of the programme
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It all comes down to an obscene four-letter word.
    • As the cameras rolled, an actor unspooled streams of profanity, and Hale had to assure his extras, all Mormon, that the four-letter words would be dubbed over with a ref's whistle.
    • Anyone who has been on the receiving end of a volley of four-letter words - and that includes almost everyone in a job dealing with the public, from nurses to train guards - understands it as an act of violence.
    • Does the First Amendment limit the government's ability to regulate four-letter words and other forms of indecent speech?
    • They are getting so irate that the Institute Of Directors, which represents 50,000 of these delicate little flowers, is now calling for a ban on bad language and four-letter words.
    • Tell your mother these horrible four-letter words!
    • I uttered a four-letter word and continued thrashing along, sweating like a pig and gasping.
    • Seeing Rooney utter a four-letter word isn't going to suddenly turn them into cursing zombies.
    • However, Barbara is absolutely correct in summarizing the natural selection theories of Charles Darwin (whose name has become somewhat of a four-letter word in some circles) as inarguable.
    • I had never heard four-letter words used so frequently.
    • Although the decision turned on other points, a question arose whether it constitutes offensive behaviour to use certain four-letter words in a police station.
    • This is dangerous territory - the land of four-letter words.
    • A guitar-playing ‘trendy’ teacher tried to engage the children by unleashing a flurry of four-letter words, but eventually admitted defeat.
    • Okay, my current four-letter word isn't really four letters.
    • From my observation, the words ‘profane’ and ‘profanity’ are used to describe four-letter words that aren't suitable for printing on this blog.
    • It's a commonly thrown around four-letter word.
    • The four-letter words often grate - not because they are particularly offensive, but because they seem over-used and the violence too becomes repetitive.
    • When teaching Linguistics, especially to mature students, Americanisation is a four-letter word.
    • I mean, if you wanted to make me feel bad, I guess you did, but only at the expense of making yourself look like a drooling idiot whose vocabulary is limited to four-letter words.
    • It's also worth noting that the four-letter words Toto includes are not obscene.
    Synonyms
    bad language, foul language, strong language

Definition of four-letter word in US English:

four-letter word

nounˈfôr ˌledər ˈˌwərdˈfɔr ˌlɛdər ˈˌwərd
  • Any of several short words referring to sexual or excretory functions, regarded as coarse or offensive.

    四字母下流词,粗话,脏话

    the four-letter words were cut out of the program
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It all comes down to an obscene four-letter word.
    • This is dangerous territory - the land of four-letter words.
    • Does the First Amendment limit the government's ability to regulate four-letter words and other forms of indecent speech?
    • As the cameras rolled, an actor unspooled streams of profanity, and Hale had to assure his extras, all Mormon, that the four-letter words would be dubbed over with a ref's whistle.
    • When teaching Linguistics, especially to mature students, Americanisation is a four-letter word.
    • However, Barbara is absolutely correct in summarizing the natural selection theories of Charles Darwin (whose name has become somewhat of a four-letter word in some circles) as inarguable.
    • A guitar-playing ‘trendy’ teacher tried to engage the children by unleashing a flurry of four-letter words, but eventually admitted defeat.
    • It's also worth noting that the four-letter words Toto includes are not obscene.
    • I mean, if you wanted to make me feel bad, I guess you did, but only at the expense of making yourself look like a drooling idiot whose vocabulary is limited to four-letter words.
    • They are getting so irate that the Institute Of Directors, which represents 50,000 of these delicate little flowers, is now calling for a ban on bad language and four-letter words.
    • I uttered a four-letter word and continued thrashing along, sweating like a pig and gasping.
    • It's a commonly thrown around four-letter word.
    • Although the decision turned on other points, a question arose whether it constitutes offensive behaviour to use certain four-letter words in a police station.
    • I had never heard four-letter words used so frequently.
    • The four-letter words often grate - not because they are particularly offensive, but because they seem over-used and the violence too becomes repetitive.
    • Okay, my current four-letter word isn't really four letters.
    • Seeing Rooney utter a four-letter word isn't going to suddenly turn them into cursing zombies.
    • Anyone who has been on the receiving end of a volley of four-letter words - and that includes almost everyone in a job dealing with the public, from nurses to train guards - understands it as an act of violence.
    • Tell your mother these horrible four-letter words!
    • From my observation, the words ‘profane’ and ‘profanity’ are used to describe four-letter words that aren't suitable for printing on this blog.
    Synonyms
    bad language, foul language, strong language
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