| 单词 | foulness |
| 释义 | foulfoul1 /faʊl/ ●●○ adjective 1SMELL/TASTE a foul smell or taste is very bad SYN disgusting, horrible: Residents have complained of foul odors from the factory. a pile of foul-smelling garbage2sports not within the rules of a sport or not within the limits of the playing field or court: Sanchez hit three foul balls before connecting with a line drive to right field.3foul language impolite and offensive words SYN swear words: Never use foul language to a customer.4have a foul mouth informal to use a lot of swear words and offensive language5in a foul mood in a very bad mood and likely to get angry: She was in a foul mood the next morning.6AIR/WATER very dirty: the foul haze of pollution over the city7WEATHER foul weather is stormy and windy, with a lot of rain or snow: All that night the foul weather continued.8EVIL literary evil or cruel: foul deeds[Origin: Old English ful]—foully adverb—foulness noun [uncountable] → see also cry foul at cry1 (5), by fair means or foul at fair1 (18), fall foul of somebody/something at fall1 (22) |
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