单词 | deface |
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音标 | [di'feis] |
解释 | v.损坏 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.损坏(spoil the appearance of sth by damaging the surface) 【记】 de(变坏)+face(脸面) →把脸面弄坏→损坏 |
字源 | deface (v.) mid-14c., "to obliterate," from Old French desfacier "mutilate, destroy, disfigure," from des- "away from" (see dis-) + Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Weaker sense of "to mar, make ugly" is late 14c. in English. Related: Defaced; defacing. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 损坏(外貌、表层、功用、价值或影响); 使变丑 = disfigure 【记】de不好的动作, face脸-把脸弄坏-使变丑 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】de 不好 + face 脸→把脸弄坏→损坏 【相关】efface 更干脆,没脸→抹掉 |
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