Word familyadverbbawdilynounbawdinessbawdrybawdadjectivebawdy
bawd·y /ˈbɔːdi $ ˈbɒːdi/adjectiveadj
SEXYbawdy songs, jokes, stories etc are about sex and are funny, enjoyable, and often noisy 〔歌曲、笑话、故事等〕黄色搞笑的
a bawdy new play
一出黄色搞笑的新剧
—bawdiness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
bawdy• The woman was lively, even bawdy, but there was something reserved, steely, behind her levity.• But in London it brought belly laughs with a bawdy display of music hall humour and saucy songs.• It's like an Electric Ballroom gig: rowdy, bawdy, hands outstretched, fingers touching, bodies crushing.• She did not mean this as a bawdy joke.• a bawdy new comedy• Lysistrata is a very silly play with a very bawdy storyline.
Originbawdy
(1500-1600)bawd“woman who works in or runs a brothel”((14-19 centuries)), perhaps from Old Frenchbaude“confident and cheerful”