1. One of a handful of words with four letters that are considered profanity.
1. 被认为是脏话的少数四字母单词之一。
Jimmy was suspended from school after the teacher heard him shout a number of four-letter words at his classmates.
机译:老师听到吉米对同学喊了几个四个字母的单词后,他被停课了。
2. By extension,a word that has a positive or neutral connotation but that is treated as if it were highly negative. Such words do not have to literally contain four letters.