(slurred, slurring)with obj.
1
- speak (words or speech) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another含糊地说：
he was slurring his words like a drunk.
他像喝醉了一样说话含混不清。
1.1
- no obj.(of words or speech) be spoken in this way（言语, 讲话）含混：
his speech was beginning to slur.
他说话开始含糊不清。
1.2
- pass over (a fact or aspect) so as to conceal or minimize it有意略过（事实, 问题的方面）：
essential attributes are being slurred over or ignored.
重要特征被一笔带过或忽略。
2
- Music perform (a group of two or more notes) legato【乐】滑音, 连音：
as adj. slurred a group of slurred notes.一组连音音符。
2.1
- mark (notes) with a slur用连音线标出。
3
- chiefly US make damaging or insulting insinuations or allegations about〈主美〉诋毁, 诽谤：
try and slur the integrity of the police to secure an acquittal.
为获得无罪开释竭力诋毁警察的正直。
1
- an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation诽谤：
the comments were a slur on staff at the hospital.
这些评语是对该院医护人员的诽谤。
2
- an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way吐词含糊：
there was a mean slur in his voice.
他口齿不清, 听起来很不舒服。
3
- Music a curved line used to show that a group of two or more notes are to be sung to one syllable or played or sung legato【乐】连线。
词源
early 17th cent.: of unknown origin. The Middle English noun slur 'thin, fluid mud' gave rise to the early verb senses 'smear, smirch' and 'disparage (a person)', later 'gloss over (a fault)', whence current usage.