scarify
英 ['skærɪfaɪ; 'skeərɪ-]
美['skɛrɪfaɪ]
中文词源
scarify 划破皮肤来自 scar,伤口，划伤，-fy,使。
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;
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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英英释意
- 1. puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals;
- "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"
- 2. scratch the surface of;
- "scarify seeds"
- 3. break up;
- "scarify soil"
