| 单词 | foul |
| 释义 | Word Frequency foul(faʊl) adjective 1. offensive to the senses; revolting 2. offensive in odour; stinking 3. charged with or full of dirt or offensive matter; filthy 4. (of food) putrid; rotten 5. morally or spiritually offensive; wicked; vile 6. obscene; vulgar foul language 7. not in accordance with accepted standards or established rules; unfair to resort to foul means 8. (esp of weather) unpleasant or adverse 9. blocked or obstructed with dirt or foreign matter a foul drain 10. entangled or impeded a foul anchor 11. (of the bottom of a vessel) covered with barnacles and other growth that slow forward motion 12. informal unsatisfactory or uninteresting; bad a foul book 13. archaic ugly noun 14. sport a. a violation of the rules b. (as modifier) a foul shot a foul blow 15. something foul 16. an entanglement or collision, esp in sailing or fishing verb 17. to make or become dirty or polluted 18. to become or cause to become entangled or snarled 19. (transitive) to disgrace or dishonour 20. to become or cause to become clogged or choked 21. (transitive) nautical (of underwater growth) to cling to (the bottom of a vessel) so as to slow its motion 22. (transitive) sport to commit a foul against (an opponent) 23. (transitive) baseball to hit (a ball) in an illegal manner 24. (intransitive) sport to infringe the rules 25. (transitive) (of an animal, esp a dog) to defecate on do not let your dog foul the footpath 26. to collide with (a boat, etc) adverb 27. in a foul or unfair manner 28. fall foul of Derived forms foully (ˈfoully) adverb Word origin Old English fūl; related to Old Norse fūll, Gothic fūls smelling offensively, Latin pūs pus, Greek puol pus |
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