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单词 foul
释义

foul1/fowl/ adj

offensive to the smell or taste; disgusting

offensive to the senses; evil-smelling; loathsome or repugnant

impure; polluted; rotten

morally or spiritually evil; detestable

But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the midday sun — Milton

particularly unpleasant, disagreeable, or distressing

in a foul temper

coarse or abusive

foul language

wet and stormy

foul weather

unfair, treacherous, or dishonourable

by fair means or foul

infringing the rules, esp in a game or sport

filled or covered with dirty or offensive matter; soiled; polluted

foul linen

full of dirt or mud

a foul drain

(often + with) clogged or choked with a foreign substance

marked up or defaced by changes

a foul copy of a manuscript

said of a rope or anchor: blocking movement; entangled

a foul anchor

fall/run foul of

to come into conflict with (esp authority)

to collide with (something)

foully adv
foulness noun
[Old English fūl]

foul2noun

an infringement of the rules in a game or sport

an entanglement or collision in angling, sailing, etc


foul3verb trans

to pollute (something) or make it dirty

in sport, to commit a foul against (e.g. an opposing player)

to obstruct or block (e.g. a drain)

to entangle or collide with (e.g. a boat)

said of marine growths: to cover (the bottom of a ship), impeding its speed

to discredit or disgrace (somebody or something)

verb intrans

to commit a foul in a sport or game

to become or be foul, e.g.:

to decompose or rot

to become filled, obstructed, or covered with a foreign substance

said of a rope, etc: to become entangled or come into collision

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