backbite

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
动词 v.
  1. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
    — They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way.
  2. To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks. informal
  3. To speak badly of an absent individual.

词形变化

backbites present,singular,third-person backbiting participle,present backbit past backbitten participle,past back-bite alternative backbites plural back-bite alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
backbiter backbiting
相关词
behind someone's back

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
词源 2
From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
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