Ribald describes jokes, songs, or talk that are funny, rude, and about sex. It is not just “impolite.” The laugh is part of it: the speaker is being coarse on purpose, and the room is supposed to enjoy the shock.

RibaldRibald describes形容的是 jokes, songs, or talk好笑、粗俗又跟性有關的笑話、歌曲或言談 that are funny, rude, and about sex. It它 is not不只是 just "impolite."『不禮貌』而已. The laugh笑聲 is part of it是其中的一部分: the speaker說話的人 is being coarse on purpose是故意講得粗俗, and而 the room在場的人 is supposed to enjoy the shock也應該要享受那種震撼感.

You meet it most with remarks, humour, tales, and old writing — ribald jokes, a ribald song, ribald comments after dinner. It is a rather bookish, grown-up word.

You你 meet it most最常遇到它 with remarks, humour, tales, and old writing在評論、幽默、故事和老文章裡 — ribald jokesribald jokes（粗俗的笑話）, a ribald songa ribald song（一首粗俗的歌）, ribald comments after dinner飯後的ribald comments（葷段子）. It它 is是 a rather bookish, grown-up word一個偏書面、大人用的字.

Younger people more often say dirty joke, rude, or crude; ribald turns up in reviews, history, and literature more than in the playground. It can describe a person (“a ribald comedian”), but it is still mostly about the talk, not about a kind of person you would use in everyday chat.

Younger people年輕人 more often say比較常說 dirty joke, rude, or crudedirty joke、rude或crude; ribaldribald turns up比較常出現在 in reviews, history, and literature評論、歷史和文學裡, more than而不是 in the playground操場上. It它 can describe a person也可以形容一個人 ("a ribald comedian")（『a ribald comedian』), but但 it is still mostly about主要講的還是 the talk言談內容, not不是 about a kind of person一種人 you would use in everyday chat你日常閒聊會用來形容的.

Though actually, it is ruder than playful teasing, and milder than words we would not print: the old idea is bawdy comedy, not simply being nasty.

Though actually不過其實, it它 is ruder比…還要粗俗 than比 playful teasing開玩笑式的調侃, and而 milder但又比…溫和一些 than比 words we would not print那些印不出來的字眼: the old idea老概念是 is bawdy comedy葷段子式的幽默, not而不是 simply being nasty單純的惡毒.