noun🔗Share含沙射影，暗讽。 A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation."She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed."她含沙射影地说了她丈夫一些不好听的话，弄得他很尴尬。communicationlanguagecharacterwordsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share含沙射影, 暗示. A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument."During the school debate, Sarah used an innuendo about her opponent's lack of research, implying that their arguments were weak. "在学校辩论赛中，莎拉含沙射影地暗示了她的对手缺乏研究，暗指他们的论点站不住脚。languagecommunicationliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share弦外之音，影射。 Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and whom was meant by the libellous matter or description."The innuendo in the letter to the editor clearly pointed to the specific teacher, not the whole department, as the subject of the criticism. "这封给编辑的信里，那些话里话外的影射，显然是指向了具体某位老师，而不是整个部门，作为批评的对象。lawlanguagecommunicationmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share暗示，影射 To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied."The teacher innuendoed the student's comments about the test, interpreting them as a complaint about the teacher's teaching methods, even though the student had only been suggesting a few questions were unclear. "老师对学生关于考试的评论进行了影射，尽管学生只是在说有几道题不清楚，老师却理解为学生是在抱怨她的教学方法。communicationlanguagewordsocietystatementlawactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
