Obscenity is behaviour, art, or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people.
例句
He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity...他堅持認為這些照片并非藝術，而是色情。James Joyce justified his use of 'obscenity' on the grounds that it was a natural part of life.詹姆斯·喬伊斯以“淫穢”是生活的正常部分為由為自己運用“淫穢”進行辯解。
N-VAR
猥褻的話；下流話
An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression.
例句
They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.他們沖著我們大罵下流話，還把瓶子摔到地上。
N-COUNT
令人憎惡的行為（或事件);道德敗壞的行為（或事件）
If you refer to an action or event as an obscenity, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral.
例句
It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.飽經內戰蹂躪的不止這一個地方。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
淫穢;猥褻;下流
Existing laws on obscenity are to be tightened.禁止色情的現行法律應更加嚴厲。
淫穢的詞語或行為
He shouted a stream of obscenities.他大聲嚷出一連串的下流話。His language was full of obscenities.他說很多下流話。