rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs 表面粗糙的;多痂的 ■unpleasant; unattractive 令人不快的;不吸引人的 a scabrous Carnaby Street hovel. 卡纳比街上一间肮脏简陋的小屋。
indecent; salacious 下流的;猥亵的 scabrous details included being regularly seen with a mistress. 下流细节包括常被看见与一情妇厮混。
派生 scabrously adverb scabrousness noun 语源
late 16th cent. (first used to describe an author's style as 'harsh, unmusical, unpolished'): from French scabreux or late Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber 'rough'