efface
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
— Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.
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To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
— Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.
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To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
— Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness.
- Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
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Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.
— Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle French effacer (“erase”), from Old French esfacier (“remove the face”).
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