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源自中古英语 sulen、sulien (“变脏；弄脏，弄污”)，源自古英语 sylian (“弄脏，弄污”)[1]，源自原始日耳曼语 *suliwōną、*sulwōną、*sulwijaną (“弄脏，弄污”)，源自原始印欧语 *sūl- (“粘稠的液体，淤泥”)，可能与来自相同日耳曼语族源头的古法语 souillier (“弄脏，弄污”)（现代法语 souiller）部分混合。与丹麦语 søle (“弄脏，弄污”)、荷兰语 zaluwen (“弄脏，弄污”)（中古荷兰语 saluwen (“弄脏，弄污”)）、德语 sühlen (“弄脏，弄污”)、古撒克逊语 sulian (“弄脏，弄污”)、瑞典语 söla (“弄脏，弄污”)同源。亦对比中古英语 sulpen (“弄脏，弄污”)[2]、古英语 solian (“弄脏，弄污；变脏”)，参见 soil。
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sully（第三人称单数简单现在时 sullies，现在分词 sullying，一般过去时及过去分词 sullied）
- (及物) 弄脏
- 近义词： (弃用) sowl
- He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
- 他不希望因园艺弄脏手。
- 1672，The Earl of Roscommon [Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon]，“The Sixth Ode, of the Third Book of Horace”，出自 Poems by the Earl of Roscomon，London:J[acob] Tonson，出版年份1717, lines 1–6, 页号153:
- THoſe Ills your Anceſtors have done, / Romans, are now become your own ; / And they will coſt you dear, / Unleſs you ſoon repair / The falling Temples which the Gods provoke, / And Statues ſully’d yet with Sacrilegious Smoke.
- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- (及物) 玷污、毁损（名声等）
- She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.
- 她作出暗示性的评论，尝试玷污竞争对手的名声。
替代写法
- sullow
同类词汇
衍生词
- besully
- unsullied
- unsully
参考资料
- ↑ “sulen, v.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ “sulpen, v.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 January 2018.
