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salacious

美音:[sə´leıʃəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.猥亵的,好色的,

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salacious为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:salaciousness 副词:salaciously

salacious


/sə'leɪʃəs; sə`leʃəs/
adj (derog 贬) (of speech, books, pictures, etc) treating sexual activity, nudity, etc in an obscene way; indecent; lewd (指言语、书籍、图画等)猥亵的, 淫秽的.

salacious


adj formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: salax 'liking to jump, full of sexual desire', from salire 'to jump']
showing too much interest in sex
 the media's love of salacious gossip
>salaciouslyadv
>salaciousnessn[U]