vt侮辱(speak or treat with great rudeness)[T+n] ：～her by language/by telling her that she is not only ugly but also stupid 用語言/說她不僅丑而且蠢來侮辱她;The rioters～ed the flag by throwing mud on it. 暴徒向那面旗幟扔泥巴以示侮辱。feel deeply～ed 感到極大的侮辱;
→in′sulting adj 侮辱的，無理的;
n 侮辱，傷害(remark or action that insults)[C] [N(to)]：fling/hurl/shower ～s at sb (upon sb's name) 大肆侮辱某人(某人的名聲);pocket/swallow/take an～忍受侮辱;avenge/revenge an～洗清恥辱/雪恥;take sth as an～把某事看作侮辱;a deliberate/gratuitous/nasty/studied/vicious～to (against) sb 對某人存心/無理/惡意/蓄意/惡意的侮辱;She could not forgive so terrible an～to her pride. 她無法寬恕對她自尊心如此嚴(yán)重的傷害。The talk he gave was so childish that it was an～to our intelligence. 他的演講太孩子氣了，簡直是對我們智力的辱沒。