foul

英 [faʊl] 美 [faʊl]

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解释

adj. 犯规的；邪恶的；污秽的；淤塞的
vt. 犯规；弄脏；淤塞；缠住，妨害
vi. 犯规；腐烂；缠结
n. 犯规；缠绕
adv. 违反规则地，不正当地

※ 提供单词"foul"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

foul 恶臭的

来自PIE*pu, 腐烂，发臭，词源同pus, putrid. 可能来自人们闻到臭味时发出的声音。

英文词源

foul: foul: [OE] The underlying meaning of foul is probably ‘rotten, putrid’, with overtones of ‘evilsmelling’. It goes back to an Indo-European *pu-, which may originally have been inspired by the same reaction as produced the English exclamation of disgust at a bad smell, pooh. Amongst its other off-spring were Latin pūs, source of English pus, purulent, and supurate, and Latin putridus, source of English putrid.

Its Germanic descendant was *fu-, on which the adjective *fūlaz was based. This produced German faul ‘rotten, lazy’, Dutch vuil ‘dirty’, and English foul, and also the derived noun filth [OE]. Defile ‘make dirty’ is not directly related, but its form was influenced by the now obsolete verb befile, which was connected with foul.
=> filth, pus, putrid, suppurate
foul (adj.): Old English ful "rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt, offensive to the senses," from Proto-Germanic *fulaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian ful, Middle Dutch voul, Dutch vuil, Old High German fül, German faul, Gothic füls), from PIE *pu- (2) "to rot, decay," perhaps from the sound made in reaction to smelling something bad (see pus).

Old English ful occasionally meant "ugly" (as contrasted with fæger (adj.), modern fair (adj.)), and this sense became frequent in Middle English. The cognate in Swedish is the usual word for "ugly." Of weather from mid-14c. In the sporting sense of "irregular, unfair, contrary to established rule or practice" it is first attested 1797, though foul play is recorded from mid-15c. Baseball sense of "out of play" attested by 1860.
foul (v.): Old English fulian "to become foul, rot, decay," from ful (see foul (adj.)). Transitive meaning "make foul, pollute" is from c. 1200. Meaning "become entangled" (chiefly nautical) is from 1832, probably from foul (adj.) in the sense "obstructed by anything fixed or attached" (late 15c.). "A term generally used in contrast to clear, and implies entangled, embarrassed or contrary to: e.g. to foul the helm, to find steerage impracticable owing to the rudder becoming entangled with rope or other gear" [Sir Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]. Related: Fouled; fouling. Hence also foul anchor (1769), one with the slack of the cable twisted round the stock or a fluke; noted by 1832 as naval insignia.

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例句和用法

1. A series of technical foul-ups delayed the launch of the new product.: 一系列技术问题延误了新产品的上市。

2. Collins was in a foul mood even before the interviews began.: 柯林斯在采访还没开始时就暴躁不安起来。

3. One of the judges thought it was a foul throw.: 有个裁判认为投球犯规.

4. He picked up his first booking for a 45th-minute foul on Bull.: 他因为在比赛进行到第45分钟时对公牛队犯规而被第一次记名警告。

5. Steve Vickers was yellow-carded for a foul on Hunt.: 史蒂夫·维克斯因对亨特犯规被出示黄牌。