| 单词 | bawdy |
| 释义 | bawdy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbawdybawd‧y /ˈbɔːdi $ ˈbɒːdi/ adjectiveSEXYbawdy songs, jokes, stories etc are about sex and are funny, enjoyable, and often noisya bawdy new play —bawdiness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusbawdy• The woman was lively, even bawdy, but there was something reserved, steely, behind her levity.• But in London it brought belly laughs with a bawdy display of music hall humour and saucy songs.• It's like an Electric Ballroom gig: rowdy, bawdy, hands outstretched, fingers touching, bodies crushing.• She did not mean this as a bawdy joke.• a bawdy new comedy• Lysistrata is a very silly play with a very bawdy storyline.Origin bawdy (1500-1600) bawd “woman who works in or runs a brothel” ((14-19 centuries)), perhaps from Old French baude “confident and cheerful” |
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