insult

insult
verb
  1. [with obj.]speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse
    辱骂，侮辱，凌辱
    you're insulting the woman I love.
    你在侮辱我爱的女人。
    [as adj. insulting]their language is crude andinsulting to women.
    他们语言粗鲁，对妇女有侮辱性。
noun
  1. a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action
    辱骂；侮辱；冒犯
    he hurled insults at us.
    他对我们高声辱骂。
    he saw the book as a deliberate insult to the Church.
    他将这本书看作对教会的故意侮辱。
    ■a thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive
    侮辱物
    the present offer is an absolute insult.
    目前的赠与绝对有侮辱性。
  2. (Medicine)an event or occurrence which causes damage to a tissue or organ
    (医)（对组织、器官的）损害，损伤
    the movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult.
    骨运动导致严重组织损伤。
常用词组
add insult to injury
  1. act in a way that makes a bad or displeasing situation worse
    伤害之外又加侮辱；雪上加霜
派生
insulter
noun
insultingly
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense 'exult, act arrogantly'): from Latin insultare 'jump or trample on', from in- 'on' + saltare, from salire 'to leap'. The noun (in the early 17th cent. denoting an attack) is from French insulte or ecclesiastical Latin insultus. The main current senses date from the 17th cent., the medical use dating from the early 20th cent
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