slap in the face

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff. figuratively
    — That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was a slap in the face for Joan, and the girls are no longer friends.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, in, the, face. (This sense is a translation hub.)
动词 v.
  1. To insult or offend unnecessarily.
    — With the election of George Bush this country has apparently chosen an answer to the AIDS crisis consisting of the most reactionary social principles. Adding insult to injury, it is a response which makes a show of slapping all marginalized groups in the face.
  2. To be or suddenly become bluntly obvious to.

词形变化

slaps in the face plural slaps in the face present,singular,third-person slapping in the face participle,present slapped in the face participle,past slapped in the face past
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