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无 Defoliate Di:'Fəulieit V 使)落叶 Back Formation Defoliation Earlier

单词 defoliate
音标 [di:'fəulieit]
解释 v. (使)落叶
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字源 defoliate (v.)
1793, perhaps a back-formation from defoliation. Earlier in this sense was defoil (c.1600). Related: Defoliated; defoliating.
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