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innuendo

noun
🔊/ˌɪnjuˈendəʊ/
🔊/ˌɪnjuˈendəʊ/
 [countable, uncountable]
(plural innuendoes, innuendos)
(disapproving)
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  1. an indirect remark about somebody/something, usually suggesting something bad or rude; the use of remarks like this暗指；影射
    • innuendoes about her private life对她私生活含沙射影的指责
    • The song is full of sexual innuendo.那首歌充满了性的暗示。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adverb in the sense ‘that is to say, to wit’, used in legal documents to introduce an explanation): Latin, ‘by nodding at, by pointing to’, ablative gerund of innuere, from in- ‘towards’ + nuere ‘to nod’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent.