Debauch



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使放荡, 堕落
• ［英］ v. 使放荡, 堕落 ( to lead astray morally; corrupt; deprave; debase)
• ［记］ de+bauch ( beam大梁) -> 大梁倒塌 -> 堕落
• ［同］ 派生词: debauchery ( n. 放荡, 沉湎酒色)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle French debaucher, from Old French desbauchier to scatter, disperse, from des- de- + bauch beam, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balko beam — more at balk
• Date: 1595
• 1.
  • a. archaic to make disloyal
  • b. to seduce from chastity
• 2.
  • a. to lead away from virtue or excellence
  • b. to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality
• Synonyms: see debase
• ? debaucher noun

II. noun

• Date: 1603
• 1. an act or occasion of debauchery
• 2. orgy

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