• vt. 忽視；草率地看過；含糊地念；詆毀
• vi. 含糊地發音；潦草地寫字；拖著腳走
• n. 污點；誹謗；連音符

來自輔音叢 sl-,黏滑的，淤泥的，泥漿的，比較 slop,slosh,slough,sludge.引申比喻義涂抹泥漿， 誹謗，侮辱。詞義含混的說話可能來自擬聲詞。

slur (n.)

"deliberate slight, disparaging or slighting remark," c. 1600, from dialectal slur "thin or fluid mud," from Middle English slore (mid-15c.), cognate with Middle Low German sluren, Middle Dutch sloren "to trail in mud." Related to East Frisian sluren "to go about carelessly," Norwegian slora "to be careless." Literal sense of "a mark, stain, smear" is from 1660s in English. The musical sense (1746) is from the notion of "sliding." Meaning "act or habit of slurring" in speech is from 1882.

slur (v.)

c. 1600, "smear, soil by smearing," from slur (n.). Meaning "disparage depreciate" is from 1650s. In music, from 1746; of speech, from 1893. Related: Slurred; slurring.

1. This is yet another slur on the integrity of the Metropolitan Police.

這是對倫敦市警察局剛正廉明作風的又一次誹謗。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The newscaster's speech began to slur.

新聞廣播員的話音變得含糊不清起來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. His comments cast a slur on the integrity of his employees.

他的評論是對其雇員正直品質的詆毀.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.

他把這些話當作是對他的名譽的中傷.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The drug made her speak with a slur.

藥物使她口齒不清.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》