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slur
/ˈslɝ/
連音符,誹謗,恥辱,印刷糢糊(vt.)草率地看過,忽略,含糊地念(vi.)糢糊不清
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Slur
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Slurred
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Slurring
]
1.
To
soil
;
to
sully
;
to
contaminate
;
to
disgrace
.
2.
To
disparage
;
to
traduce
.
3.
To
cover
over
;
to
disguise
;
to
conceal
;
to
pass
over
lightly
or
with
little
notice
.
With
periods
,
points
,
and
tropes
,
he
slurs
his
crimes
.
--
Dryden
.
4.
To
cheat
,
as
by
sliding
a
die
;
to
trick
. [
R
.]
To
slur
men
of
what
they
fought
for
.
--
Hudibras
.
5.
To
pronounce
indistinctly
;
as
,
to
slur
syllables
;
to
slur
one's
words
.
6.
Mus.
To
sing
or
perform
in
a
smooth
,
gliding
style
;
to
connect
smoothly
in
performing
,
as
several
notes
or
tones
.
7.
Print.
To
blur
or
double
,
as
an
impression
from
type
;
to
mackle
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Slur
,
n.
1.
A
mark
or
stain
;
hence
,
a
slight
reproach
or
disgrace
;
a
stigma
;
a
reproachful
intimation
;
an
innuendo
.
“Gaining
to
his
name
a
lasting
slur
.”
2.
A
trick
played
upon
a
person
;
an
imposition
. [
R
.]
3.
Mus.
A
mark
,
thus
[
or
connecting
notes
that
are
to
be
sung
to
the
same
syllable
,
or
made
in
one
continued
breath
of
a
wind
instrument
,
or
with
one
stroke
of
a
bow
;
a
tie
;
a
sign
of
legato
.
4.
In
knitting
machines
,
a
contrivance
for
depressing
the
sinkers
successively
by
passing
over
them
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
slur
n
1: (
music
)
a
curved
line
spanning
notes
that
are
to
be
played
legato
2:
a
disparaging
remark
; "
in
the
19th
century
any
reference
to
female
sexuality
was
considered
a
vile
aspersion
"; "
it
is
difficult
for
a
woman
to
understand
a
man's
sensitivity
to
any
slur
on
his
virility
" [
syn
:
aspersion
]
3:
a
blemish
made
by
dirt
; "
he
had
a
smudge
on
his
cheek
" [
syn
:
smudge
,
spot
,
blot
,
daub
,
smear
,
smirch
]
v
1:
play
smoothly
or
legato
; "
the
pianist
slurred
the
most
beautiful
passage
in
the
sonata
"
2:
speak
disparagingly
of
; e.g.,
make
a
racial
slur
; "
your
comments
are
slurring
your
co-workers
"
3:
utter
indistinctly
4:
become
vague
or
indistinct
; "
The
distinction
between
the
two
theories
blurred
" [
syn
:
blur
,
dim
] [
ant
:
focus
]
[
also
:
slurring
,
slurred
]
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