off-color

英 [ɒf ˈkʌlə(r)]

美 [ɔːf ˈkʌlər]

adj.  颜色不佳的，脸色不好的

化学

英英释义

adj

• humorously vulgar
  1. bawdy songs
  2. off-color jokes
  3. ribald language
  Synonym:bawdyribald
• in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
  1. an indelicate remark
  2. an off-color joke
  Synonym:indelicateoff-colour

双语例句

• In person, Little Shenyang is modest, even polite, making it hard to imagine him telling off-color jokes, prancing about in full makeup and sequined hair clips, squeaking, I'm all man!
  私底下，小沈阳很谦逊，甚至彬彬有礼，让人很难想到他会讲下流笑话、化着浓妆带着闪亮的发卡在台上蹦蹦跳跳，同时高喊：我是纯爷们！
• He denies making off-color remarks about women.
  他否认曾口出对女性不敬的污言秽语。
• He felt off-color but did not have any dramatic symptoms.
  他觉得不太舒服，但是又没什么明显症状。
• Is it harassment if a man stares at a woman's anatomy, or tells an off-color joke?
  如果一个男人瞪着眼睛看一个女人的生理部位，或说“黄色”笑话，这是不是性骚扰？
• The drawings may be animal figures, caricatures of fellow workmen, or off-color pictures.
  其中所描绘的，大多是动物的形象、工友的漫画，或粗俗下流的图片等。
• His off-color jokes amused the men but upset the ladies.
  他那下流的笑话娱乐了男人但触怒了女人。
• You call it off-color, I call it nuts.
  心情不顺，依我看是疯掉了。
• And we can't tell you how many poor souls have gotten fired for hitting the "Reply All" button and disseminating off-color jokes or worse yet rants about their boss for all to see.
  并且我们无法告诉你多少可怜的家伙已经因为点击“回复所有”按钮或传播低俗笑话或更糟怒骂老板被所有人看到而被炒鱿鱼的。
• The CSS file defines an off-color background and font that I think make it easy to read.
  这个CSS文件定义了一个颜色一般的背景色和一种很便于阅读的字体。
• Off-color cracks are nothing unusual on late-night TV, but they generally don't come from the President of the United States.
  在《今夜秀》电视栏目中，说一句不雅的笑话，这本来是极平常的事，但通常不是出自美国总统之口。