faux pas

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/|/ˌfəʊ ˈpɑːz/    美 /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/|/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An embarrassing or tactless blunder.
    — Now my dear Lady Teazle if you but once make a trifling Faux Pas you can't conceive how cautious you would grow, and how ready to humour and agree with your Husband.
动词 v.
  1. To commit a faux pas; to blunder. nonstandard,rare

词形变化

faux pas plural faux pas's plural faux pas'ing participle,present faux pas'ed participle,past faux pas'ed past

词源

词源 1
Unadapted borrowing from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”).
词源 2
Unadapted borrowing from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”).
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