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Ravage French V 1610s Related Rævidʒ V.摧毁,使荒废 英

单词 ravage
音标 ['rævidʒ]
解释 v.摧毁,使荒废
红宝书 【英】 v. 摧毁,使荒废( ruin and destroy)
【例】 a face ravaged by disease
字源 ravage (v.)
1610s, from French ravager "lay waste, devastate," from Old French ravage "destruction," especially by flood (14c.), from ravir "to take away hastily" (see ravish). Related: Ravaged; ravaging.
ravage (n.)
1610s, from French ravage "destruction" (see ravage (v.)). Related: Ravages.
不择手段背单词 v. 彻底毁灭
【记】rage(n 狂怒)的人ravage世界
趣味全助记 【记】源自ravish 强夺;river河水 + rage愤怒, 狂暴,河水泛滥,摧毁城镇,使土地荒芜

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