[with obj.](formal)make false and defamatory statements about (正式)诬蔑,中伤,诽谤 he has been calumniating the Crown and all the conservative decencies. 他一直在中伤王室以及所有保守的礼仪。
派生 calumniation noun calumniator noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin calumniari, from calumnia (see calumny)