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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++filth /fɪlθ/ noun  1 RUDE/OBSCENE[uncountable] very offensive language, stories, or pictures about sex 下流话;淫秽故事;淫秽图片 I don’t know how you can watch that filth! 我不知道你怎么会看那种淫秽的东西!2 DIRTY[uncountable] dirt, especially a lot of it 〔尤指大量的〕污物 a mound of filth and rubbish 一堆脏东西和垃圾 people living in filth 生活在肮脏环境里的人 Passing cars covered his shoes with filth. 来往的车辆弄得他鞋子上全是脏东西。3. the filth British English informal an offensive word for the police 警察〔蔑称〕
Examples from the Corpus
filthLook at all that filth on the windshield!I am deeply offended by some of the filth they show on television.
Origin filth Old English fylth, from ful; → FOUL1
filth nounChinese
pictures Corpus stories, or very offensive language, about sex


filth
filth /fɪlθ/ noun
 Language: Old English
 Origin: fylth, from ful; foul1
1. [uncountable] very offensive language, stories, or pictures about sex:
    I don’t know how you can watch that filth!
2. [uncountable] dirt, especially a lot of it:
    a mound of filth and rubbish
    people living in filth
    Passing cars covered his shoes with filth.
3. the filth British English informal an offensive word for the police


filthBrE /fɪlθ/ 🔊NAmE /fɪlθ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] any very dirty and unpleasant substance 污物;污秽The floor was covered in grease and filth. 地板上满是油垢和污物。🔊🔊words, magazines, etc. that are connected with sex and that are considered very rude and offensive 下流言辞;淫秽书刊How can you read such filth? 你怎么能看这种淫秽读物?🔊🔊the filth [uncountable] (BrE, slang) an offensive word for the police (骂人话)警察;雷子