scarify
英['skærɪfaɪ;'skeərɪ-]
美['skɛrɪfaɪ]
- vt. 在…上划痕；乱划；严厉批评
词态变化
第三人称单数: scarifies;过去式: scarified;过去分词: scarified;现在分词: scarifying;
中文词源
scarify 划破皮肤
来自 scar,伤口，划伤，-fy,使。
英文词源
- scarify (v.)
- mid-15c., "make incisions in the bark of a tree," from Middle French scarifier "score, scrape" (leather or hide), 14c., from Late Latin scarificare (see scarification). The sense "cover with scars" (1680s) is a sense-shift from influence of scar (v.). Related: Scarified; scarifier; scarifying.
双语例句
- 1. The men in some African tribes scarify their faces.
- 某些非洲部落里的男人在脸上刻痕.
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- 2. Some African tribes scarify their faces.
- 一些非洲部落在脸上乱划.
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