[mass noun](informal)a substance which is considered disgusting or unpleasant, typically because of its dirtiness (非正式)(多因肮脏)令人讨厌的东西;让人厌恶的东西 ■heavy snow on which it is difficult to ski (难以滑雪的)大雪 ■nonsense 废话 they just want the simple truth without any religious crud. 他们只想知道简单的事实,不需任何有关宗教的废话。 ■[count noun]a contemptible person 卑鄙的人
派生 cruddy ( ) adjective 语源
late Middle English: variant of curd (the original sense). The earliest modern senses, 'filth' and 'nonsense' (originally US), date from the 1940s