calumny

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcalumnycal‧um‧ny /ˈkæləmni/ noun (plural calumnies) 1 [countable]LIE/TELL A LIE an untrue and unfair statement about someone that is intended to give people a bad opinion of them2 [uncountable]LIE/TELL A LIE when someone says things like thisExamples from the Corpuscalumny• He could brand this as a calumny.• He was relaxed, a contrast to the tension which had gripped him while he spoke of the MacQuillan calumny.Origin calumny (1400-1500) Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi “to deceive”

单词	calumny
释义	calumny From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcalumnycal‧um‧ny /ˈkæləmni/ noun (plural calumnies) 1 [countable]LIE/TELL A LIE an untrue and unfair statement about someone that is intended to give people a bad opinion of them2 [uncountable]LIE/TELL A LIE when someone says things like thisExamples from the Corpuscalumny• He could brand this as a calumny.• He was relaxed, a contrast to the tension which had gripped him while he spoke of the MacQuillan calumny.Origin calumny (1400-1500) Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi “to deceive”
随便看	turn the knife in the wound turn the knob etc turn the matter etc over to turn the matter/problem/responsibility etc over to somebody turn the other cheek turn the page turn the problem etc over to turn the radio off turn the radio on turn the responsibility etc over to turn the sound down turn the sound down/up turn the sound up turn the spotlight on turn the tables turn the tables (on somebody) turn the tables on turn the tap etc turn the volume down turn the volume up turn the volume up/down turn to turn to crime etc turn to do turn to do