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slur

verb
🔊/slɜː(r)/
🔊/slɜːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slur
🔊/slɜː(r)/
🔊/slɜːr/
he / she / it slurs
🔊/slɜːz/
🔊/slɜːrz/
past simple slurred
🔊/slɜːd/
🔊/slɜːrd/
past participle slurred
🔊/slɜːd/
🔊/slɜːrd/
-ing form slurring
🔊/ˈslɜːrɪŋ/
🔊/ˈslɜːrɪŋ/
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  1. slur something | + speech to pronounce words in a way that is not clear so that they run into each other, usually because you are drunk or tired含混不清地说话（通常因醉酒或疲劳）
    • She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred.她喝得太多了，话都说不利索了。🔊🔊
  2. slur something (music音乐) to play or sing a group of two or more musical notes so that each one runs smoothly into the next连奏；连唱
  3. slur somebody/something to harm somebody’s reputation by making unfair or false statements about them诽谤；诋毁；污辱
    • She accused the journalist of slurring the company's name.她指责这位记者诽谤该公司的名字。
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear’, ‘belittle (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’.

slur

noun
🔊/slɜː(r)/
🔊/slɜːr/
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  1. slur (on somebody/something) an unfair remark about somebody/something that may damage other people’s opinion of them诽谤；诋毁；污辱 synonym insult
    • She had dared to cast a slur on his character.她竟敢对他的人品加以诋毁。🔊🔊
    • (especially North American English) The crowd started throwing bottles and shouting racial slurs.人群开始扔瓶子，并高声地进行种族污辱。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The joke was seen as a slur against the mentally ill.那个笑话被看作是对精神病患者的侮辱。
    • a slur on his good name对他良好声誉的中伤
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • racial
    • racist
    • sexual
    • …
    verb + slur
    • cast
    • make
    preposition
    • slur against
    • slur on
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  2. (music音乐) a curved sign used to show that two or more notes are to be played smoothly and without a break连音线
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear’, ‘belittle (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’.