obscene

adjective

/əbˈsiːn/

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connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive淫秽的；猥亵的；下流的
- obscene gestures/language/books淫秽的姿势／语言／书籍
- an obscene phone call (= in which somebody says obscene things)色情骚扰电话
- The book was declared obscene.这本书被宣布为淫秽书刊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- consider something
- …
adverb
- really
- utterly
- almost
- …
phrases
- something obscene
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extremely large in size or amount in a way that most people find unacceptable and offensive（数量等）大得惊人的，骇人听闻的 synonym outrageous
- He earns an obscene amount of money.他赚钱多得吓人。
- It's obscene to spend so much on food when millions are starving.当数以百万的人忍饥挨饿时，饮食上挥霍无度是天理难容的。

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.