obliterate
英[?'bl?t?re?t]
美[?'bl?t?'ret]
- vt. 消滅；涂去；沖刷；忘掉
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?obliterates;過去式:?obliterated;過去分詞:?obliterated;現在分詞:?obliterating;名詞:?obliteration;
助記提示
1. 之前無文字記錄(preliterate)，離開后只能刪除(obliterate)。
中文詞源
obliterate 覆蓋，清除
來自拉丁語oblittero,涂抹，抹掉，來自oblino,涂抹，抹掉，-t,過去分詞綴。來自ob-,相對，對著的，-lino,涂抹，詞源同liniment,delete.拼寫受letter,literal影響。
英文詞源
- obliterate
- obliterate: see letter
- obliterate (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.
雙語例句
- 1. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.
- 他們擁有的彈頭足以將世界毀滅好幾次。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
- 時間足以抹去他對過去經歷的記憶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Anne was eager to obliterate her error.
- 安妮極想忘卻她的錯誤.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Little things brought out on such occasions need great love to obliterate them afterward.
- 在這類情況下產生的小摩擦,需要偉大的愛情事后來消除.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Collisions with small space flotsam can obliterate a ship.
- 與太空中很小的漂浮物的碰撞可能完全摧毀一艘飛船.
來自互聯網