scarify

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/|/ˈskɑː.ɹɪˌfaɪ/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
  2. To frighten; to scare, to terrify. uncommon
  3. To make scratches or cuts on.
    — A combing tool is used to scarify, cross-scratch, or score the surface of a scratch coat or undercoat of plaster.
  4. To make scratches or cuts on.; To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
  5. To make scratches or cuts on.; To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
  6. To make scratches or cuts on.; To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
    — Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope His plan kinda failed, but it would've been dope
  7. To harrow the feelings. figuratively
  8. To scar. nonstandard,obsolete
  9. Denude, or lay waste to. nonstandard,obsolete

词形变化

scarifies present,singular,third-person scarifying participle,present scarified participle,past scarified past scarifies present,singular,third-person scarifying participle,present scarified participle,past scarified past

词汇关系

衍生词
scarifyingly

词源

词源 1
From French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Unrelated to scar.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English scare
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
English scarify
From scare + -ify.
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