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

verb | noun

slurslur1 /slɚ/ verb (slurred, slurring)

ETYMOLOGYslur¹

Origin: (2) 1600-1700 slur thin mud (15-19 centuries)

VERB TABLE

slur

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	slur
	he, she, it	slurs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	slurred
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have slurred
	he, she, it	has slurred
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had slurred
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will slur
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have slurred

Continuous Form
Present	I	am slurring
	he, she, it	is slurring
	you, we, they	are slurring
Past	I, he, she, it	was slurring
	you, we, they	were slurring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been slurring
	he, she, it	has been slurring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been slurring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be slurring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been slurring

COLLOCATIONS► slur your speech/words

After a few drinks, Bev started slurring her words.

1[intransitive, transitive] to speak in an unclear way, without separating your words or sounds correctly: slur your speech/words After a few drinks, Bev started slurring her words.2[transitive] to criticize someone or something unfairly3[transitive] eng. lang. arts to play a group of musical notes smoothly together [Origin: (2) 1600–1700 slur thin mud (15–19 centuries)]—slurred adjective: slurred speech

verb | noun

slurslur2 noun

COLLOCATIONS► racial/ethnic/anti-Semitic etc. slur

(=an offensive remark, based on someone’s race, religion, etc.)

1[countable] an unfair criticism, or an offensive remark: slur on a slur on my reputationracial/ethnic/anti-Semitic etc. slur (=an offensive remark, based on someone’s race, religion, etc.)2[singular] an unclear way of speaking, in which the words are not separated3[countable] eng. lang. arts a curved line written over or under musical notes to show they must be played together smoothly