obscenity
noun /əbˈsenəti/
/əbˈsenəti/
(plural obscenities)
- [uncountable] obscene language or behaviour
淫秽的语言；下流的行为 - The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity.
几个编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。 - the laws on obscenity
禁止淫秽的言语及行为的法规
Collocations Dictionary… of obscenity- stream
- string
- mutter
- scream
- shout
- …
- charge
- laws
- trial
- …
- The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity.
- [countable, usually plural] an obscene word or act
下流话（或动作） - She screamed a string of obscenities at the judge.
她冲着法官高声骂了一连串的脏话。
Collocations Dictionary… of obscenity- stream
- string
- mutter
- scream
- shout
- …
- charge
- laws
- trial
- …
- She screamed a string of obscenities at the judge.
词源late 16th cent.: from French obscénité or Latin obscaenitas, from obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.