• adj. 下流的；言談粗俗的
• n. 言談粗俗的人；說(shuō)下流話的人

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) ribalt,無(wú)賴(lài)，浪蕩子，可能來(lái)自 riber,淫蕩的，鬼混的，來(lái)自 PIE*wer,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞 源同 wring,wrap.幽默用法，在床上鬼混的姿勢(shì),引申詞義粗俗的，下流的。拼寫(xiě)受貶義后綴 -ald 影響俗化。

ribald

ribald: [13] Ribald was originally a noun, a derogatory term meaning ‘retainer or dependent of low status’. It was borrowed from Old French ribaut, a derivative of the verb riber ‘sleep around’. This is turn went back to Old High German rīban ‘rub’, hence ‘copulate’. It was not used as an adjective until the early 16th century.

ribald (adj.)

c. 1500, from ribald, ribaud (n.), mid-13c., "a rogue, ruffian, rascall, scoundrell, varlet, filthie fellow" [Cotgrave], from Old French ribaut, ribalt "rogue, scoundrel, lewd lover," also as an adjective, "wanton, depraved, dissolute, licentious," of uncertain origin, perhaps (with suffix -ald) from riber "be wanton, sleep around, dally amorously," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German riban "be wanton," literally "to rub," possibly from the common euphemistic use of "rub" words to mean "have sex"), from Proto-Germanic *wribanan, from PIE root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).

1. He loves entertaining his friends with ribald stories.

他喜歡用下流故事來(lái)逗他的朋友們開(kāi)心.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. The answer was lost in a shout of ribald laughter.

回答被一陣下流的狂笑聲掩蓋了.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. Fit for all readers, listeners, or audiences; not ribald or obscene.

對(duì)所有讀者 、 聽(tīng)眾或觀眾都適合的; 不下流或淫穢的.

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4. This ribald ad by Durex works the participation angle.

杜蕾斯的這個(gè)猥瑣的廣告還挺注重用戶(hù)參與的.

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5. Man, a greedy tyrant, ribald , hard and grasping.

男人, 一個(gè)貪婪的暴君, 下流、嚴(yán)厲、一心攫取.

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