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scandalizer

/skan-dl-ahyz/US // ˈskæn dlˌaɪz //UK // (ˈskændəˌlaɪz) //

丑化者,丑化器,诽谤者,丑化机

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scan·dal·ized, scan·dal·iz·ing.

    • : to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
    • : Nautical. to spill the wind from or reduce the exposed area of in an unusual manner.

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Examples

  • Their love story is the focus of “Bridgerton’s” first season, as narrated by Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author whose gossip columns scandalize 19th-century British high society.

  • One narrative was that Brooks was scandalizing the idea of “real” country music because he incorporated rock music into tracks like “Papa Loved Mama” and covered Aerosmith.

  • And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee.

  • They had learned to play there like two well-brought-up children, in pantomime, so as not to scandalize pious countryfolk.

  • To propose to bury a dog in the historic churchyard would scandalize the city.

  • Yet I cannot believe, but the meanness of my habit must needs scandalize you.

  • If she stayed another moment she knew she should inevitably say something that would scandalize Madeleine.