slur

英 [sl??] 美[sl?]

擴(kuò)展詞匯CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?slurs;第三人稱單數(shù):?slurs;過去式:?slurred;過去分詞:?slurred;現(xiàn)在分詞:?slurring;

1. 有l(wèi)ur的都有模糊的意思，blur（v 使模糊）.
2. slander + blur => slur.
3. 諧音“是泥兒”。

slur 含混的說話，誹謗，侮辱

來自輔音叢 sl-,黏滑的，淤泥的，泥漿的，比較 slop,slosh,slough,sludge.引申比喻義涂抹泥漿，誹謗，侮辱。詞義含混的說話可能來自擬聲詞。

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.

1. This is yet another slur on the integrity of the Metropolitan Police.: 這是對(duì)倫敦市警察局剛正廉明作風(fēng)的又一次誹謗。

3. His comments cast a slur on the integrity of his employees.: 他的評(píng)論是對(duì)其雇員正直品質(zhì)的詆毀.

4. He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.: 他把這些話當(dāng)作是對(duì)他的名譽(yù)的中傷.