naughty

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈnɔːti/    /ˈnɔti/|[ˈnɔɾi]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To perform sexual acts.
形容词 adj.
  1. Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
    — Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
  2. Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
    — I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
  3. Decadent, had as indulgence, especially an unhealthy one. informal
    — You knew I had to include at least one naughty chocolate smoothie, didn't you?!
  4. Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible. archaic
    — my proneſſe to ſinne, and naughty appetites and desires, woulde drawe me headlong to the pitte of hell
  5. Bad, worthless, substandard. obsolete
    — In Cornwall is two speches, the one is naughty Englysshe, and the other is Cornysshe speche.

词形变化

naughtier comparative naughtiest superlative noughty alternative naughties present,singular,third-person naughtying participle,present naughtied participle,past naughtied past noughty alternative

词源

词源 1
From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.
词源 2
From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.
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