vulgar

英 ['v?lg?] 美['v?lɡ?]

反義詞

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副詞:?vulgarly;

vulgar 粗俗的

來自拉丁語vulgus,平民，詞源同divulge,可能來自folk,民眾。引申義普通的，粗俗的。

vulgar: vulgar: [14] Latin vulgus, a word of uncertain origin, denoted the ‘common people’. From it was derived the adjective vulgāris, from which English gets vulgar. The Vulgate [17], a version of the Bible translated into Latin in the 4th century, was so called because it made the text available to the ‘common people’. Divulge comes from the same source, and means etymologically ‘make known to the common people’.
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vulgar (adj.): late 14c., "common, ordinary," from Latin vulgaris, volgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar, low, mean," from vulgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," perhaps from a PIE root *wel- "to crowd, throng" (cognates: Sanskrit vargah "division, group," Greek eilein "to press, throng," Middle Breton gwal'ch "abundance," Welsh gwala "sufficiency, enough") [not in Watkins]. Meaning "coarse, low, ill-bred" is first recorded 1640s, probably from earlier use (with reference to people) with meaning "belonging to the ordinary class" (1530). Related: Vulgarly.

1. Horse-racing was once considered vulgar and lower class in Japan.: 賽馬在日本曾一度被視為是粗俗的下層社會游戲。

2. The film is tasteless, vulgar and even badly shot.: 這部電影毫無品位、庸俗不堪，甚至可以說拍得很爛。

3. Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.: 有些字眼較粗俗，不為上流社會所接受。