(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency (性描绘或描写)淫秽的;下流的 obscene jokes. 下流的笑话。 obscene literature. 色情文学。 ■offending against moral principles; repugnant 不道德的;可憎的 using animals' skins for fur coats is obscene. 用动物皮毛制作毛皮大衣是可憎的。
派生 obscenely adverb 语源
late 16th cent.: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus 'ill-omened or abominable'