four-letter word
四字词,四个字的词,四字诀,四字经
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- : any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
- : any word, typically of four letters, that represents something forbidden, disliked, or regarded with extreme distaste: In the dieter's vocabulary, “cake” is a four-letter word.
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There are four photos there of representative presidential candidates.
Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
This is acting in every sense of the word—bringing an unevolved animal to life and making it utterly believable.
She vowed to repay the money—no official word, however, on whether she ever did that.
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Not a word now,” cried Longcluse harshly, extending his hand quickly towards him; “I may do that which can't be undone.
Every word that now fell from the agitated Empress was balm to the affrighted nerves of her daughter.
When we were mounted Mac leaned over and muttered an admonitory word for Piegan's ear alone.