Slang

(noun.) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); 'they don't speak our lingo'.

(noun.) informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; 'their speech was full of slang expressions'.

(verb.) abuse with coarse language.

(verb.) use slang or vulgar language.

多拉编辑

• Hanging about the doorway (I fancied,) were slouchy Pompeiian street-boys uttering slang and profanity, and keeping a wary eye out for checks. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Yet it 'crops up'--as our slang goes--my lords and gentlemen and honourable boards, in other fellow-creatures, rather frequently! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• HE would get on well enough if she'd let him alone; they like his slang and his brag and his blunders. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Yes, yes, Mr. Philander, if you insist upon employing slang in your discourse, a 'lion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Superior is getting to be shopkeepers' slang. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Are you beginning to dislike slang, then? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In the detestable slang of the day, we were now both at a deadlock, and nothing was left for it but to refer to our clients on either side. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

校对:罗伯特