| 单词 | innocuous |
| 释义 | innocuous From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinnocuousin‧noc‧u‧ous /ɪˈnɒkjuəs $ ɪˈnɑːk-/ adjectiveHARM/BE BAD FOROFFENDnot offensive, dangerous, or harmful SYN harmlessan innocuous remarkHe’s a perfectly innocuous young man. —innocuously adverbExamples from the Corpusinnocuous• The producer dismissed the comment as quite innocuous.• innocuous chemicals• Someone stood up and asked the professor an apparently innocuous question about his laboratory work.• The interviewer only asked boring, innocuous questions.Origin innocuous (1500-1600) Latin innocuus, from nocere; → INNOCENT1 |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含170365条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。