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Disfigure V Latin Dis'figə V.毁容 英 毁容(Mar Appearance

单词 disfigure
音标 [dis'figə]
解释 v.毁容
红宝书 【英】 v. 毁容(mar the appearance of; spoil)
字源 disfigure (v.)
late 14c., from Old French desfigurer "disfigure, alter, disguise, destroy," from Medieval Latin diffigurare, from Latin dis- (see dis-) + figura "figure," from figurare "to figure" (see figure (n.)). Related: Disfigured; disfiguring.
不择手段背单词 v. 毁坏...的面容或外形; 使变丑 = spoil = deform
【记】figure(n 外形; 轮廓; 图形; 数字)
趣味全助记 【记】dis去 + figure外形

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