3ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]易怒的;暴躁的 If someone has a foul temper or is in a foul mood, they become angry or violent very suddenly and easily. 易怒的;暴躁的
Collins was in a foul mood even before the interviews began.
柯林斯在采访还没开始时就暴躁不安起来。
4ADJ-GRADED (天气)恶劣的,多风的,有暴风雨的Foul weather is unpleasant, windy, and stormy. (天气)恶劣的,多风的,有暴风雨的
5VERB 弄脏;弄污;污染 If a place is fouled by someone or something, they make it dirty. 弄脏;弄污;污染
A village's entire beach and harbor can be fouled by a single rotting whale. [beVERB-ed]
一只腐烂的死鲸就足以弄脏一个村子的整片海滩和港口。
Two oil-related accidents near Los Angeles have fouled the ocean and the skies there. [VERB noun]
发生在洛杉矶附近的两起漏油事故已经污染了那里的海洋和天空。
6VERB (动物拉屎)弄脏 If an animal fouls a place, it drops faeces onto the ground. (动物拉屎)弄脏
It is an offence to let your dog foul a footpath. [VERB noun]
让狗在人行道上拉屎是违法行为。
7VERB (使)绞住;(使)缠住 If a machine or vehicle fouls part of its mechanism or if something such as a rope fouls the mechanism, the mechanism can no longer work properly because something has become twisted or knotted around it. (使)绞住;(使)缠住
The freighter fouled its propeller in fishing nets. [VERB noun]
8VERB 对…犯规 In a game or sport, if a player fouls another player, they touch them or block them in a way which is not allowed according to the rules. 对…犯规
Middlesbrough's Jimmy Phillips was sent off for fouling Steve Tilson. [VERB noun]
米德尔斯堡队的吉米·菲利普斯因为对史蒂夫·蒂尔森犯规而被罚下场。
9N-COUNT 犯规 A foul is an act in a game or sport that is not allowed according to the rules. 犯规
He picked up his first booking for a 45th-minute foul on Bull. [+ on]
他因为在比赛进行到第 45 分钟时对公牛队犯规而被第一次记名警告。
Foul is also an adjective.
...a foul tackle.
犯规的擒抱动作
10PHRASE [VERB inflects]声明对手犯规;声称对手违法 If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly. 声明对手犯规;声称对手违法
Deprived of the crushing victory it was confidently expecting, the party cried foul.
失去了自以为十拿九稳的压倒性胜利,该政党声称对手违规。
11PHRASE [PHRASE after verb]不择手段地;采取一切手段地 If someone tries to achieve something by fair means or foul, they use every means possible in order to achieve it, and they do not care if their behaviour is dishonest or unfair. 不择手段地;采取一切手段地
They will only be satisfied if they regain control —by fair means or foul.
只有重新掌权他们才会满意—为此他们将不择手段。
12PHRASE 惹恼;触怒 If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them. 惹恼;触怒 [mainly British]
He had fallen foul of the FBI.
他已经惹恼了联邦调查局。
...teenagers who run foul of the law.
触犯法律的青少年
13PHRASAL VERB 搞砸;弄糟 If you foul up something such as a plan, you spoil it by doing something wrong or stupid. 搞砸;弄糟
There are serious risks that laboratories may foul up these tests.