denude

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
    — He denuded himself of his clothes.
  2. To remove (something or someone) of their possessions or assets.
    — Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated.
  3. To strip (a mountain, volcano, or other geological formation) by erosion of outer layers so as to lay bare the inner structure.
    — The well-known hill of Arthur’s Seat, which overlooks the city of Edinburgh, and many castle-crowned crags of the Forth and Clyde valleys, are the worn and denuded relics of these small volcanoes.

词形变化

denudes present,singular,third-person denuding participle,present denuded participle,past denuded past

词汇关系

词源

From Middle French dénuder, from Latin dēnūdāre, from dē- + nūdus (“bare”).
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