英:[ˈskeɪbrəs]
美:[ˈskæbrəs, ˈskebrəs]
英:[ˈskeɪbrəs]
美:[ˈskæbrəs, ˈskebrəs]
adj.
粗糙的
困难的:难对付的
棘手的
粗俗的
scab·rous
skae brs
scabrously (adv.), scabrousness (n.)
adjective
difficult, knotty
a scabrous problem
rough to the touch: such as
having small raised dots, scales, or points
a scabrous leaf
covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches scabrous skin
scabrous paint
dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes : salaciousalso: squalid
1570年代,“刺耳的,不悦耳的”(scabrously 暗示),源自于晚期拉丁语的 scabrosus “粗糙的”,来自于拉丁语的 scaber “粗糙的,有鳞的”,与 scabere “刮,擦” 相关(源自于原始印欧语言的 *(s)kep- “切,割,砍”; 参见 scabies)。
在英语中,这个词的意义演变为“粗俗的”(1881年),“肮脏的”(1939年),以及“令人讨厌的,令人反感的”(1951年)。词源学上的意义“粗糙的,崎岖的,有一些尖锐的点”的用法可以追溯到1650年代。相关词汇: Scabrousness。
Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch — more at scab
The first known use of scabrous was in 1646
1 The exchanges between the divines and their king are a dramatist's sweetshop; James was a brilliant, savage debater with a scabrous wit that stunned the assembly.
2 Alexander Pope's "You know where you did despise" meets both of the main criteria for a good epigram while simultaneously being as scabrous as anything that Martial managed.
3 That statement suggests the gravitas that drives the scabrous hilarity of “The Mother… With the Hat” at the Lost Studio.
4 The often scabrous Sarah Silverman becomes the latest comedian to take on a weekly topical series, promising monologues, interviews and field segments focusing on what she calls “un-like-minded” people.
5 Roberts’s scabrous then lyrical cello can be heard on “Hop On Hop Off,” while Swift’s improvisatory contributions help start the track “Left.”
6 But their scabrous satire knew no limits, including the mentally challenged and interracial relationships, and carried an acid political rage that took it into the realm of deep catharsis.
7 "I was re-reading Down and Out in Paris and London recently," says Steadman who is responsible for a marvellously scabrous illustrated edition of Animal Farm.
8 The play is not all punch lines and scabrous commentary.
9 Barney's Version the novel is a passionate and scabrous polemic arguing for the primacy of one kind of narrative voice over another.
10 Brined for 24 hours, the halal chicken is enveloped in a rub whose 15 or so ingredients transform the skin into something scabrous, charred and unnerving.
11 I cling to the belief that my below-the-line critics on this column would be less scabrous to my face.
12 After a prologue, “Wall” unfolds in scabrously poetic, honest, linear manner, its fictional archetypes intersecting in hilarious and disturbing ways.
13 There's a fair amount of squabbling, but the play doesn't have McDonagh's scabrous wit or homicidal resentment.
14 He did play a bit of a scabrous new song by Mr. West, “God Level,” which he helped produce.
15 Excremental flourishes notwithstanding, that gloriously scabrous picture also kick-started the careers of its director and stars, most of whom are back to illustrate the consequences of a misspent youth.
16 Among this season’s hot tickets in London is Great Britain, a scabrous, fictionalized account of the British tabloid-hacking scandal.
17 "I'm not going to suddenly stop admiring his unique comic talent because I've switched teams," he says, adding that there ought to be a vehicle to show off his "scabrous, dark, smart working-class Scottish humour".
18 The script that Madonna wrote with longtime colleague Alex Keshishian — 20 years ago he directed her amusingly scabrous backstage doc Truth or Dare — is all heat and no light.
19 The saintly mood lasts until I refill the milk glass of a tiny, scabrous old lady with wild white hair who looks like she’s been folded into her wheelchair and squished.
20 Will fame dull the edge of their scabrously funny show about the low life on the Lower East Side?
1 困难重重的
2 令人不快的
nasty wicked off hard bad sorry painful awful traumatic grim crook grating ghastly disagreeable crummy unenviable
3 粗糙的
squarrose granulative hard rough gross mat humble bush crude rugged Sandy coarse granular jagged lumpy boisterous crass granulated exasperate brushy inelegant tatty blowsy cottony scraggly indelicate tin-pot unhewn nubbly incondite kutcha granulose knaggy heavy harsh asperate salebrous raw unfinished ragged grained splintery hackly shaganappi rustic earthy unkempt knotty raspy bristly unbolted scragged in the rough primitive immature horrid rough-hewn unworked unshaped
5 困难
difficult painful abstract awkward rocky complicate uphill arduous trying laborious knotty hydra-headed hard question difficulty mess jam complication scrape strait toil gaff toils dys
9 下流的
nasty low raw dirty foul rude slack ripe obscene vulgar indecent raunchy bawdy X-rated low-down gamy low-minded locker room vile salacious foul-mouthed
10 下流
dirty nasty foul rude vile indecent salacious foul-mouthed rudely indecently vulgarly rudeness nastiness naughtiness dirtiness bawdiness
12 棘手的
tight delicate sticky awkward troublesome prickly techie thorny touchy spiny knotty untoward ticklish knobby tetchy tricksy difficile nasty unmanageable Gordian nice difficult tender messy kittle cross-grained
15 难处理的
tender awkward reluctant cumbersome rebellious thorny unmanageable recalcitrant tricksy cumbrous cross-grained lumbersome
17 不吸引人的
institutional grim unattractive unappealing inelegant uninviting unlovely unprepossessing undramatic rebarbative unaesthetic uninvolving fugly
18 粗糙
squarrose granulative hard rough gross mat humble bush crude rugged Sandy coarse granular jagged lumpy boisterous crass granulated exasperate brushy inelegant tatty blowsy cottony scraggly indelicate tin-pot unhewn nubbly incondite kutcha granulose knaggy heavy roughly harsh granulation asperity shag impoverish roughen after a sort asperate salebrous raw unfinished ragged grained splintery hackly shaganappi harshly coarsely clumsily inequality roughness coarseness crudeness crudity harshen granulate rustic earthy unkempt knotty raspy bristly unbolted scragged husk coarsen in the rough in the log primitive immature horrid rough-hewn unworked unshaped crassitude
19 猥亵的
blue salt foul ripe juicy salty naughty filthy obscene shameful suggestive vulgar unclean indecent shameless lewd racy bawdy locker-room ribald smutty indelicate smoking-room ithyphallic feelthy low raw dirty risky sultry salacious lascivious risque prurient gamy coprological Fescennine coarse immoral raunchy immodest lubricious slack X-rated nasty spicy impure rude improper rank curious horny off-colour fescennine
20 困难的
difficult painful abstract awkward rocky complicate uphill arduous trying laborious knotty hydra-headed
21 粗俗
low common BASIC heavy rich broad rough gross coarse earthy vulgar barbaric lewd unrefined raunchy plebeian illiberal inelegant tatty artless graceless demotic indelicate countrified rorty underbred low-minded vulgarity barbarize
23 行为不检点
24 淫秽的
coarse filthy obscene raunchy salacious smutty curious nasty rude mucky lubricious naughty pornographic X-rated prurient
25 粗俗的
low common BASIC heavy rich broad rough gross coarse earthy vulgar barbaric lewd unrefined raunchy plebeian illiberal inelegant tatty artless graceless demotic indelicate countrified rorty underbred low-minded cheap crude spicy rude ripe obscene locker-room lavatorial risqué
27 棘手
tight delicate sticky awkward troublesome prickly techie thorny touchy spiny knotty untoward ticklish knobby tetchy tricksy difficile delicacy nasty unmanageable Gordian trickiness touchiness
28 猥亵
blue salt foul ripe juicy salty naughty filthy obscene shameful suggestive vulgar unclean indecent shameless lewd racy bawdy locker-room ribald smutty indelicate smoking-room ithyphallic feelthy filth indecency ribaldry indelicacy smut low raw dirty risky sultry salacious lascivious risque prurient gamy coprological Fescennine indecently lasciviously foully bawdily ribaldly obscenity filthiness lasciviousness beastliness grubbiness salaciousness bawdiness coarse immoral raunchy immodest lubricious grope near the knuckle nasty spicy impure rude indecent assault improper molest interfere with feel up rank curious horny off-colour fescennine ordure