slur
英 [slɜː]
美[slɝ]
- vt. 忽视；草率地看过；含糊地念；诋毁
- vi. 含糊地发音；潦草地写字；拖着脚走
- n. 污点；诽谤；连音符
词态变化
复数: slurs;第三人称单数: slurs;过去式: slurred;过去分词: slurred;现在分词: slurring;
助记提示
1. 有lur的都有模糊的意思，blur（v 使模糊）.
2. slander + blur => slur.
3. 谐音“是泥儿”。
2. slander + blur => slur.
3. 谐音“是泥儿”。
中文词源
slur 含混的说话，诽谤，侮辱
来自辅音丛 sl-,黏滑的，淤泥的，泥浆的，比较 slop,slosh,slough,sludge.引申比喻义涂抹泥浆， 诽谤，侮辱。词义含混的说话可能来自拟声词。
英文词源
- slur (n.)
- "deliberate slight, disparaging or slighting remark," c. 1600, from dialectal slur "thin or fluid mud," from Middle English slore (mid-15c.), cognate with Middle Low German sluren, Middle Dutch sloren "to trail in mud." Related to East Frisian sluren "to go about carelessly," Norwegian slora "to be careless." Literal sense of "a mark, stain, smear" is from 1660s in English. The musical sense (1746) is from the notion of "sliding." Meaning "act or habit of slurring" in speech is from 1882.
- slur (v.)
- c. 1600, "smear, soil by smearing," from slur (n.). Meaning "disparage depreciate" is from 1650s. In music, from 1746; of speech, from 1893. Related: Slurred; slurring.
双语例句
- 1. This is yet another slur on the integrity of the Metropolitan Police.
- 这是对伦敦市警察局刚正廉明作风的又一次诽谤。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The newscaster's speech began to slur.
- 新闻广播员的话音变得含糊不清起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. His comments cast a slur on the integrity of his employees.
- 他的评论是对其雇员正直品质的诋毁.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.
- 他把这些话当作是对他的名誉的中伤.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The drug made her speak with a slur.
- 药物使她口齿不清.
来自《简明英汉词典》
