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vulgar

adjective
🔊/ˈvʌlɡə(r)/
🔊/ˈvʌlɡər/
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  1. not having or showing good taste; not polite, pleasant or well behaved 庸俗的；粗俗的；粗野的；不雅的synonym coarse, in bad taste
    • a vulgar man粗俗的男人
    • vulgar decorations俗里俗气的装饰
    • She found their laughter and noisy games coarse and rather vulgar.她觉得他们的笑声和吵吵闹闹的游戏趣味低下，俗不可耐。🔊🔊
    • She gave a rather vulgar laugh.她笑得很庸俗。
  2. rude and likely to offend粗野的；粗鲁的；下流的 synonym crude
    • vulgar jokes低俗的笑话
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus ‘common people’. The original senses were ‘used in ordinary calculations’ (surviving in vulgar fraction) and ‘in ordinary use, used by the people’ (surviving in vulgar tongue).