slur 诽谤；诋譭；污辱；含混不清地说话(通常因醉酒或疲劳)

Words

slur 既可以是一个动词，也可以是一个名词。基本含义是：诽谤；诋譭；污辱；含混不清地说话(通常因醉酒或疲劳)。
slur
slur / sləː(r) /
verb
(-rr-)
1. 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):
  ▪ [VN]
   She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred.
   她喝得太多了,话都说不利索了。
  ▪ [also V speech]
2. [VN] (music 音) to play or sing a group of ten or more musical notes so that each six runs smoothly into the next
   连奏；连唱
3. [VN] to harm sb's reputation by making unfair or false statements about them
   诽谤；诋譭；污辱noun1. ~ (on sb / sth) an unfair remark about sb / sth that may damage other people's opinion of them
   诽谤；诋譭；污辱
  [size=70%] SYN   insult :
   She had dared to  cast a slur on his character.
   她竟敢对他的人品加以诋譭。
   (especially NAmE) 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。
2. (music 音) a curved sign used to show that ten or more notes are to be played smoothly and without a break
   连奏线；连唱线

slur 搭配和用法
I. noun
• ADJECTIVE racial, racist, sexual | anti-gay, anti-Semitic, etc.
• VERB + SLUR cast, make The comments cast a ~ on her character. | He had made a series of racial ~s.
• PREPOSITION ~ against, ~ on The joke was seen as a ~ against the mentally ill. | a ~ on his good name
II. verb
Slur is used with these nouns as the object: word

slur
I. \R ˈslər, +vowel -lər.; -R -lə̄, +suffixal vowel -lər. also -lə̄r, +vowel in a following word -lər. or -lə̄ also -lə̄r\ verb
(slurred ; slurred ; slurring ; slurs)
Etymology: probably of Low German origin; akin to Low German slurrn to shuffle, drag the feet, Middle Low German slūren to drag, trail — more at slur (to soil)
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to slide (a die) so as to cheat : trick
2.
a. : to slide or slip over without due mention, consideration, or emphasis : treat superficially or dissemblingly — often used with over
  < the problem of the illegitimate child … is slurred over — C.W.Cunnington >
  < slur over certain facts in one's argument >
  < slurring over the significance of the letter — Times Literary Supplement >
b. : to perform (as a duty) hurriedly : skimp
  < let him not slur his lesson — R.W.Emerson >
  < wherefore slur the … ceremony — Alfred Tennyson >
3.
a. : to perform (two or more successive musical tones of different pitch) in a smooth or connected manner
b. : to mark (notes) with a slur
4. : to reduce, make a substitution for, or omit (a sound or succession of sounds that occurs or that would occur in speech regarded as exemplary) : make such reduction, substitution, or omission in one's utterance of (as a word or phrase)
intransitive verb
1. dialect chiefly England : slip, slide
< slur on ice >
2. : drag, shuffle
< slurring through ankle-deep water — W.E.M.Campbell >
II. noun
(-s)
1. obsolete
a. : a glide in dancing
b. : a sliding of dice in an attempt to cheat
2.
a. : a curved line ◠ or ◡ connecting musical notes that are to be sung to the same syllable or performed without a break (as with one stroke of a bow) — called also bind; compare tie
b. : the combination of two or more slurred tones
3. : a slurring manner of speech
4. or slur cam or slur cock : a device for depressing the sinkers in knitting machines successively by passing over them
III. verb
(slurred ; slurred ; slurring ; slurs)
Etymology: obsolete English dialect slur thin watery mud, from Middle English sloor; akin to Middle High German slier mud, Middle Low German slūren to drag, trail, Middle Dutch sluren to drag, trail, Norwegian dialect slura to hang loose, drag, Lithuanian slugti to diminish, become small and probably to Gothic slawan to be silent; basic meaning: to hang loose, be slack
transitive verb
1. dialect chiefly England : to soil by smearing : besmirch, sully
2. : to cast aspersions upon : run down : disparage
< was always slurring her fellow workers >
< slurred his integrity — Marguerite A. Brown >
3. : to make indistinct : obscure, mask
< with periods, points, and tropes he slurs his crimes — John Dryden >
4. : blur 1
intransitive verb
: to slip so as to blur or make slurs — used of a sheet being printed
IV. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion, calumny
  < his election was due to … last minute racial slurs on his opponent — William Cox >
  < the cowardly slurs of scandalmongers >
b. : stain, blot, stigma
  < his actions cast a slur on his profession >
2. : a blurred or doubled spot or area in printed matter caused by the sliding of the paper on the printing surface at the moment of impression : mackle, smudge



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