obscenity
UK [əb'sen.ɪ.ti] US [-ə.tˌi] noun
countable or uncountable
■when someone or something is obscene 淫秽；猥亵；下流•The people who made that film could be prosecuted for obscenity.拍摄那部电影的人会因其中的淫秽镜头而被起诉。 •Such deliberate destruction of the environment is an obscenity (= an offensive and shocking situation or event).这种蓄意破坏环境的行为令人发指。 •obscenity laws反淫秽法 countable usually plural
■a very offensive or sexually shocking word or sentence 下流话；淫秽的言辞•He was shouting and screaming obscenities.他叫骂着不堪入耳的下流话。 |