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An innuendo is a remark that points at something without saying it in clear words. Very often the hidden meaning is about sex, or it is — it tries to make a person look dirty, foolish, or dishonest. People also use innuendo for this kind of talk in general: a whole conversation can be full of innuendo. The speaker wants you to notice the sideways meaning, and often wants a little safety (“I never said it straight”). You hear it in gossip, in some comedy, and in . It is not a warm, helpful hint. A friend saying “It looks like rain” is not using innuendo.
影射、暗示（常指不好或帶色情意味的話）
組成From Latin innuendo, “by nodding,” from innuo, “to give a nod.” The idea is a meaning passed sideways, like a nod, not said in open words.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
innuendonoun/ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/
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A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.
- She made a devious innuendo about her opponent, who was embarrassed.
- At dinner, a dish of stewed eels made Mr. Higgs a little pensive, and he remarked, "that the fair sex slipped through your fingers just like eels." This innuendo was, however, all that disturbed the enjoyment of the day, whose hilarity, as the newspapers say of a public dinner, was prolonged to a late hour.
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A remark that is suggestive of something sexual without stating it explicitly.
- We were both quite good friends and apart from the playful innuendos about having an affair together we never really did anything.
- Later in this phone call, Frank assk Libby on a date, and she accepts the invitation. [...] A similar road toward flirtatious innuendo seems to be at work in the following example. / FIELD NOTE / Fred: Who's that beautiful girl in that great sports car?! / Shirley: ((lightheartedly)) Shut up and get in the car! / Fred: You mean I get to ride with the beautiful girl? / […] Of course, flirtatious may be touched off by more marked sexual innuendo. / FIELD NOTE / ((co-workers are working late, finishing a project)) / Velma: You know how it is when you're close but can't stop. / Sid: ((starts to give Velma a shoulder rub)) / Velma makes a comment with a possible sexual meaning, and Sid responds by initiating body contact (in a public place) to show that he hears (and follows up on) the sexual double entendre.
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human-scienceslogicmathematicsA rhetorical device with an omitted but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
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lawPart of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
innuendoverb/ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/
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lawTo interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.
- A statement that a person's presence at a certain club may be "irksome," may be innuendoed that the person is of such bad character as not to be a fit associate with honourable men.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。