单词	defile
释义	defile1 verbdefile2 noun defilede‧file1 /dɪˈfaɪl/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdefile Origin: 1300-1400 defoul ‘to crush with the feet, make dirty’ (13-17 centuries), from Old French defouler, from fouler ‘to step on’ Verb Table VERB TABLE defile Simple Form Present I, you, we, they defile he, she, it defiles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they defiled Present perfect I, you, we, they have defiled he, she, it has defiled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had defiled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will defile Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have defiled Continuous Form Present I am defiling he, she, it is defiling you, we, they are defiling Past I, he, she, it was defiling you, we, they were defiling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been defiling he, she, it has been defiling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been defiling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be defiling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been defiling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Tombstones in a Jewish cemetery had been defiled. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Abusive behavior starts in the heart of one person, but eventually the whole system is defiled. Chinatown child, you're a Chinatown child, cursed by the temple your father defiled. Exodus also prescribes death for those who defile the Sabbath or perform any work on that day. Hindus attach great importance to food, and her presence where it was prepared defiled everything the community ate. They had been defiled, and I expected punishment. to make something less pure and good, especially by showing no respect:  Hallam’s tomb had been defiled and looted. defile1 verbdefile2 noun defilede‧file2 /dɪˈfaɪl, ˈdiːfaɪl/ noun [countable] formal Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Soon we were alone, moving through a narrow defile between two teetering antique shops. The defile itself continues but you, unless you are hardy and ambitious, do not. The mountains rise abruptly from the wedged defiles, separating the hollows where the dwellings are clustered. The narrow defile which had once been bridged by the Romans was now dammed to create a vast reservoir upstream. The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain. This is a lovely climb in itself, up what quite soon turns from a valley into a defile. a narrow passage, especially through mountains
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