| 释义 |
bad-mouth, v. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈbædmaʊθ|
Also badmouth.
[f. the n.]
trans. To abuse (someone) verbally; to criticize, slander, or gossip maliciously about (a person or thing); to disparage or ‘run down’.
1941J. Thurber in Sat. Even. Post 5 Apr. 9/2 He bad-mouthed everybody. 1960D. MacDonald Slam Big Door (1961) vi. 96 What..reason would he have to bad-mouth Jamison? 1968N.Y. Times 2 June iv. 10/6 The Poor People's Campaign should stop bad-mouthing poverty. 1969Listener 31 July 159/1 Edgar tried to think of a way to badmouth this immense son. 1975High Times Dec. 9/1 When the question of legalization of pot comes up, the cop always bad-mouths the legislature for even thinking of it. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 1 July 792/1 They threw matches, they badmouthed linesmen, they hit balls into the stands. 1986P. Booth Palm Beach xi. 180 But now Jo-Anne was a bitter enemy who could be relied on to bad-mouth her at every opportunity.
Hence bad-mouthing vbl. n.
1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 7 Jan. 2/2 But milk has been drunk so universally for such a long time that very few people pay any attention to this bad-mouthing. 1977Time 19 Dec. 20/3 Whitlam engaged in his own share of needless bad-mouthing. 1984Business Rev. Weekly 4 Feb. 45/3 We've had enough bad-mouthing in the motor industry. |