| 单词 | graffiti |
| 释义 | graffiti —graffitist, n. /greuh fee"tee/, n. 1. pl. of graffito. 2. (used with a pl. v.) markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline. 3. (used with a sing. v.) such markings as a whole or as constituting a particular group: Not much graffiti appears around here these days. [1850-55; < It, pl. of graffito incised inscription or design, deriv. with -ito -ITE2 of graffiare to scratch, perh. influenced by presumed L *graphire to write; both prob. deriv. of L graphium stylus < Gk grapheîon; cf. GRAPHIC, GRAPHO-, GRAFT1] Usage. In formal speech and writing GRAFFITI takes a plural verb. In less formal contexts it is sometimes considered a mass noun and is used with a singular verb. The singular GRAFFITO is found mostly in archaeological and other technical writing. |
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