foul
adjective
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/C1
extremelyunpleasant:
极其令人不快的；恶劣的Thosetoiletssmellfoul!那些卫生间太难闻了！
I've had a fouldayatwork.我今天工作上很不顺利。
Why are you in such a foulmoodthismorning?你今天早晨的情绪怎么这么糟糕？
What foulweather!多糟糕的天气啊！
Synonyms
abhorrentformal
disgusting
ickyinformal
loathsome
nauseating
repellent
repugnantformal
repulsive
revolting
yuckyinformal
C1
Foulspeechor otherlanguageisoffensive,rude, orshocking:
（言语或语言）脏话连篇的，粗鲁的，下流的There's too much foullanguageon TV thesedays.如今电视上脏话连篇。
against therulesof asport:
a foulthrow
a foultackle
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abominably
- abysmal
- abysmally
- apocalyptic
- fiendish
- fraught
- frightful
- from hellidiom
- fun
- nasty
- nightmarish
- nightmarishly
- noisome
- not be all fun and gamesidiom
- unutterable
- vile
- woeful
- woefully
- wretchedly
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Rude and cheeky
General terms used in ball sports
foul
noun[C]
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/C2
anactthat is against therulesof asport:
犯规He wassentoff for a foulontheFrenchcaptain.他因对法国队队长犯规而被罚下场。
inbaseball, aballthat has beenhitoutsidetheplayingarea
（棒球比赛中的）界外General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- backspin
- ballplayer
- bend
- hat trick
- in boundsidiom
- inbounds pass
- indirect free kick
- kicker
- laysomeoneoff
- loft
- penalty
- pitch
- smash-mouth
- spot kick
- square ball
- timeout
- underhand
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Baseball & rounders
foul
verb
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/foulverb(SPORT)
[IorT]
to do something against therulesof asport
犯规[IorT]
inbaseball, tohitaballoutsidetheplayingarea
（棒球比赛中的）界外击球General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- backspin
- ballplayer
- bend
- hat trick
- in boundsidiom
- inbounds pass
- indirect free kick
- kicker
- laysomeoneoff
- loft
- penalty
- pitch
- smash-mouth
- spot kick
- square ball
- timeout
- underhand
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Baseball & rounders
foulverb(MAKE DIRTY)
[T]formal
tospoilordamagesomething by making itdirty:
弄脏；污染Theoilspillfouled theriveranddestroyedhabitats.石油泄漏污染了河流，破坏了野生动物聚居地。
Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- mark
- mess
- mix
- mixsomeone/somethingup
- muddle
- muddlesomethingup
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- recontaminate
- soil
- tarnish
Phrasal verb
foul(something)up