| 释义 |
bad-talk, v. Chiefly Caribbean.
Brit. |ˈbadtɔːk|, U.S. |ˈbædˌtɔk|, |ˈbædˌtɑk|
[‹ bad adj. + talk v., perhaps after a word in an African language (see Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) at cited word).]
trans. To speak badly of, disparage; to speak maliciously about (a person who is absent). Cf. bad-mouth v.
1958J. Carew Black Midas iv. 48 She does live in the kitchen and bad-talk everybody whole day long. 1980Bomb (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 14 Mar. 15 The woman officers started to jeer at me and told me that I should never come back here after I had bad-talked the place so much. c1990P. Morgan High Tide in Caribbean 155 Perhaps a few o' them feel they wasn't treated right and go home and bad-talk we. 2003Independent 29 July (Review section) 2/3 He didn't bad-talk whites because of their race. |