英语词汇“insult”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

in·sult

(ĭn-sŭlt)

v. in·sult·ed, in·sult·ing, in·sults

v.tr.

a. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See Synonyms at offend.

b. To affront or demean: an absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience.

2. Obsolete To make an attack on.

v.intr.
Archaic

To behave arrogantly.

n. (ĭnsŭlt′)

1. An insulting remark or act.

a. Medicine A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma.

b. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma: "the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out" (William K. Stevens).

[French insulter, from Old French, to assault, from Latin īnsultāre, to leap at, insult, frequentative of īnsilīre, to leap upon : in-, on; see IN-² + salīre, to leap; see sel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

in·sulter n.

in·sulting·ly adv.

单词	insult
释义	in·sult (ĭn-sŭlt) v. in·sult·ed, in·sult·ing, in·sults v.tr. 1. a. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See Synonyms at offend. b. To affront or demean: an absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience. 2. Obsolete To make an attack on. v.intr. Archaic To behave arrogantly. n. (ĭnsŭlt′) 1. An insulting remark or act. 2. a. Medicine A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma. b. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma: "the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out" (William K. Stevens). [French insulter, from Old French, to assault, from Latin īnsultāre, to leap at, insult, frequentative of īnsilīre, to leap upon : in-, on; see IN-² + salīre, to leap; see sel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] in·sulter n. in·sulting·ly adv.
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