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单词 scurrilous
释义
scurrilousscur‧ri‧lous /ˈskʌrələs $ ˈskɜːr-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINscurrilous
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin scurrilis, from scurra ‘stupid person’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A mixture of technical facts and utterly scurrilous gossip and dirt if it relates to the cars.
  • An old tale tells of a holy priest who visited his nephew, a scurrilous tavern-keeper.
  • As a result, Judas must be seen as something very different from the scurrilous villain of popular tradition.
  • Delighted we darted off to Niel to report this scurrilous comment.
  • From that time, his anti-Semitism grew so shrill and scurrilous that its virulence still makes one wince.
  • Intense negotiation followed, then shortly afterwards legal threats from Harvard, culminating in a bizarre series of scurrilous allegations and counter-allegations.
  • My scurrilous expectations were fired up by a headline on a handout from the Commission.
  • Spanning several generations of schools and styles, her own recollections are a fascinating mix of knowledgeable anecdote and scurrilous gossip.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
formal (=a damaging and false rumour)· Journalists spread scurrilous rumours about the school.
scurrilous remarks, articles etc contain damaging and untrue statements about someoneslanderous:  a scurrilous attack on his integrityscurrilously adverb
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