dirty and smelling bad 肮脏恶臭的;难闻的 foul air/breath 污浊难闻的空气/气息 a foul-smelling prison 臭烘烘的监狱 Foul drinking water was blamed for the epidemic. 人们把这次的流行病归咎于污浊的饮用水。
Synonyms disgustingdisgusting- foul
- revolting
- repulsive
- offensive
- gross
- disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:
What a disgusting smell! 这气味真难闻!
- foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad:
She could smell his foul breath. 她闻得到他的口臭。
- revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:
The stew looked revolting. 这煨菜看上去令人作呕。
disgusting or revolting? Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English.用 disgusting 还是 revolting? - repulsive (rather formal
) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill. Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons.指使人厌恶的、令人反感的、十分讨厌的 - offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant.
- gross (informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant.
- disgusting/repulsive/offensive to somebody
- to find somebody/something disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive
- to smell/taste disgusting/foul/gross
- a(n) disgusting/foul/revolting/offensive/gross smell
- a disgusting/revolting/gross habit
- disgusting/offensive/gross behaviour
- a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person
Extra ExamplesShe could smell his foul breath. 她闻得到他的口臭。 The air in the cell was foul. 牢房里的空气臭烘烘的。
- (especially British English)
very unpleasant; very bad 很令人不快的;很坏的 (of language )语言 including rude words and swearing synonym offensive充满脏话的;辱骂性的;下流的 (of weather )天气 very bad, with strong winds and rain 恶劣的;风雨交加的 a foul night 风雨交加的夜晚
- (literary)
very evil or cruel synonym abominable邪恶的;残忍的 a foul crime/murder 邪恶的罪行;恶毒的谋杀
- [only before noun] (British English)
done against the rules of a sport 犯规 Harper was penalized for a foul tackle. 哈珀因犯规铲球而受到处罚。
Word OriginOld English fūl, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse fúll ‘foul’, Dutch vuil ‘dirty’, and German faul ‘rotten, lazy’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pus, Greek puos ‘pus’, and Latin putere ‘to stink’.
Idioms
by fair means or foul
using dishonest methods if honest ones do not work 不择手段 She’s determined to win, by fair means or foul. 她决心要赢,那怕是不择手段。
cry foul
- (informal)
to complain that somebody else has done something wrong or unfair 抱怨;埋怨
fall foul of somebody/something
to get into trouble with a person or an organization because of doing something wrong or illegal (因做错事或不法行为)与…发生麻烦,与…产生纠葛,冒犯 to fall foul of the law 触犯了法律