obscene
adjective uk/əbˈsiːn/ us/əbˈsiːn/
C2 猥亵的；淫秽的；下流的；粗俗的
offensive, rude, or shocking, usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex
In the raid, police found several boxes of obscene DVDs. 警方在这次突击搜查中发现了几箱淫秽光盘。
He was jailed for making obscene phone calls (= ones in which unwanted sexual suggestions were made to the listener). 他因拨打色情骚扰电话而入狱。
obscene language/graffiti 下流的语言／涂鸦
C2 伤风败俗的;骇人听闻的;令人震惊的
morally wrong, often describing something that is wrong because it is too large
to make obscene profits 大捞一笔
The salaries some bankers earn are obscene. 有些银行高管的薪水高得令人咋舌。
He eats obscene amounts of food. 他食量惊人。
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- Somebody's been posting obscene messages in this chat room.
- Recently she has been the target of a series of obscene phone calls.
- His paintings are just obscene.
- They scrawled obscene messages on his car windscreen.