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salacious

/suh-ley-shuhs/US // səˈleɪ ʃəs //UK // (səˈleɪʃəs) //

淫秽的,淫荡的,淫秽,贪婪的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lustful or lecherous.
    • : obscene; grossly indecent.

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Examples

  • Balwani’s lawyers have denied accusations of abuse and called the allegations “salacious and inflammatory” in court filings.

  • She talks a lot about female empowerment, which she says has always been an undercurrent of the show, even if the salacious stories were what drew people in.

  • The dirty details can be multiplied almost indefinitely, and Lee lingers over every salacious story.

  • All of their songs, they say, are inspired by Torah and Hasidic philosophy, even the ones that sound a bit salacious.

  • I mean, calling it that is probably why people are expecting it to be salacious and along the lines of what the book was.

  • We now have to make it more salacious by adding in some sort of zeitgeist-y pop culture reference to social media and blogging.

  • Apart from the color of their skin, there is nothing salacious about this romance.

  • Fromentin was singing,—a ribald marching song, an unprintable thing, salacious and vilifying the Boches.

  • Mr. Hewitt, of Birmingham, tells me that the common hen prefers a salacious cock, but is quite indifferent to colour.

  • The affair was planned not only to secure the divorce, but also to do it in the most sensational and salacious manner.

  • More refined entertainment has often been unpleasantly salacious, not because it was daring but because it was cowardly.

  • It is the experience of New York managers that the run of the merely salacious play is generally short.