单词 | efface |
释义 | efface From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheffaceef‧face /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb [transitive] formal1 REMOVEto destroy or remove something SYN erase, → deface Nothing can efface the last picture I have of them from my mind.2 → efface yourself → self-effacing→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusefface• It also reconciles two economic and social experiences, effacing class through images and illusions.• Carbon dioxide and moisture threaten to efface the Lascaux cave drawings.• Blemishes like these upon the work of the profession obscure but do not efface the public services it renders.• Communist historians tried to efface whole segments of their nation's past.Origin efface (1400-1500) French effacer, from face “face, appearance” |
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