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ADJ-GRADED
難吃的;骯臟的;惡臭的
If you describe something as foul, you mean it is dirty and smells or tastes unpleasant.
例句
...foul polluted water...
惡臭的臟水
The smell was quite foul.
臭氣熏天。
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ADJ-GRADED
(言語)粗俗的，冒犯的
Foul language is offensive and contains swear words or rude words.
例句
He was sent off for using foul language in a match last Sunday...
他在上周日的一場比賽中因為罵人而被罰下場。
He had a foul mouth.
他愛說臟話。
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ADJ-GRADED
易怒的;暴躁的
If someone has a foul temper or is in a foul mood, they become angry or violent very suddenly and easily.
例句
Collins was in a foul mood even before the interviews began.
柯林斯在采訪還沒開始時就暴躁不安起來。
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ADJ-GRADED
(天氣)惡劣的，多風(fēng)的，有暴風(fēng)雨的
Foul weather is unpleasant, windy, and stormy.
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VERB
弄臟;弄污;污染
If a place is fouled by someone or something, they make it dirty.
例句
A village's entire beach and harbor can be fouled by a single rotting whale...
一只腐爛的死鯨就足以弄臟一個村子的整片海灘和港口。
Two oil-related accidents near Los Angeles have fouled the ocean and the skies there.
發(fā)生在洛杉磯附近的兩起漏油事故已經(jīng)污染了那里的海洋和天空。
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VERB
(動物拉屎)弄臟
If an animal fouls a place, it drops faeces onto the ground.
例句
It is an offence to let your dog foul a footpath.
讓狗在人行道上拉屎是違法行為。
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VERB
(使)絞住;(使)纏住
If a machine or vehicle fouls part of its mechanism or if something such as a rope fouls the mechanism, the mechanism can no longer work properly because something has become twisted or knotted around it.
例句
The freighter fouled its propeller in fishing nets.
貨船的螺旋槳被漁網(wǎng)纏住了。
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VERB
對…犯規(guī)
In a game or sport, if a player fouls another player, they touch them or block them in a way which is not allowed according to the rules.
例句
Middlesbrough's Jimmy Phillips was sent off for fouling Steve Tilson.
米德爾斯堡隊的吉米·菲利普斯因為對史蒂夫·蒂爾森犯規(guī)而被罰下場。
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N-COUNT
犯規(guī)
A foul is an act in a game or sport that is not allowed according to the rules.
例句
He picked up his first booking for a 45th-minute foul on Bull.
他因為在比賽進(jìn)行到第 45 分鐘時對公牛隊犯規(guī)而被第一次記名警告。
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PHRASE
聲明對手犯規(guī);聲稱對手違法
If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly.
例句
Deprived of the crushing victory it was confidently expecting, the party cried foul.
失去了自以為十拿九穩(wěn)的壓倒性勝利，該政黨聲稱對手違規(guī)。
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PHRASE
不擇手段地;采取一切手段地
If someone tries to achieve something by fair means or foul, they use every means possible in order to achieve it, and they do not care if their behaviour is dishonest or unfair.
例句
They will only be satisfied if they regain control —by fair means or foul.
只有重新掌權(quán)他們才會滿意——為此他們將不擇手段。
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PHRASE
惹惱;觸怒
If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
例句
He had fallen foul of the FBI.
他已經(jīng)惹惱了聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局。
...teenagers who run foul of the law.
觸犯法律的青少年
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PHRASAL VERB
搞砸;弄糟
If you foul up something such as a plan, you spoil it by doing something wrong or stupid.
例句
There are serious risks that laboratories may foul up these tests.
實驗室很有可能搞砸這些試驗。
Noun
1. an act that violates of the rules of a sport
Verb
1. hit a foul ball
2. make impure;
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"3. become or cause to become obstructed;
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall""The water pipe is backed up"4. commit a foul; break the rules
5. spot, stain, or pollute;
"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"6. make unclean;
"foul the water"7. become soiled and dirty
Adjective
1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
"a disgusting smell""distasteful language""a loathsome disease""the idea of eating meat is repellent to me""revolting food""a wicked stench"2. offensively malodorous;
"a putrid smell"3. violating accepted standards or rules;
"a dirty fighter""used foul means to gain power""a nasty unsporting serve""fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
5. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes;
"foul (or dirty) copy"6. thoroughly unpleasant;
"filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"7. characterized by obscenity;
"had a filthy mouth""foul language""smutty jokes"8. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
"as filthy as a pigsty""a foul pond""a nasty pigsty of a room"9. especially of a ship's lines etc;
"with its sails afoul""a foul anchor"