deface
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous mannerTo damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
» The monument was defaced.
Памятник был осквернён.
Значение
значений: 3To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
1869: George Eliot, The Legend of Jubal That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan.
After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since.
verunstalten, entstellen
To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling "void" over them.
To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
You get the Finnish state flag by defacing the national flag with the state coat of arms placed in the middle of the cross.
- mar or spoil the appearance of
Примеры
предложений: 7The monument was defaced.
Памятник был осквернён. — Wezel
It was a sacred mountain before the settler state defaced it.
Vandals defaced the building.
Please don't deface this building.
What should've been a bustling walled city in a classical fantasy setting had been ransacked and defaced.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, dFrom Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, disfigure”), from des- (“away from”) (see dis-) + Late Latin facia.
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Формы
defaces, defacing, defaced, defacedСинонимы
синонимов: 50Антонимы
антонимов: 3Однокоренные
связанных слов: 6Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени