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obscene
  • Derivatives : adv  obscenely
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

obscene [əb'siːn]
  1. 1. adjective [+gesture] [ remark] [ image] (offensive) 猥亵
  2. 2. adjective [+wealth] [ income etc] (immoral) 可憎

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

obscene [əbˈsiːn]
  1. 1. adjective 淫荡的,淫秽
    The dance often becomes flagrantly obscene.
    舞蹈经常变得极其猥亵
  2. 2. adjective 可恶的,可憎的的
  3. 3. adjective 下流的,猥亵
    Obscene telephone calls.
    淫秽电话打来了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

obscene [əb'siːn]
  1. 1. adj offensive or outrageous to accepted standards of decency or modesty
  2. 2. adj [law] (of publications) having a tendency to deprave or corrupt
  3. 3. adj disgusting; repellent
    an obscene massacre
  4. 4. adj [Etymology] C16: from Latin obscenus inauspicious, perhaps related to caenum filth

Examples

Obscene telephone calls.
淫秽电话打来了。
obscene and unfunny jokes
下流的玩笑
dirty (or obscene) jests; coarse jokes
下流话
obscene (or dirty, foul) language; obscenities
亵语
obscene utterances; obscenities
淫画
obscene pictures
淫靡的歌曲
obscene or decadent songs
他对那个女孩说的那些浪语,真是不堪入耳。
The obscene words he said to the girl were extremely disgusting.

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