graffiti
noun /ɡrəˈfiːti/
/ɡrəˈfiːti/
[uncountable, plural]- drawings or writing on a wall, etc. in a public place
(公共场所墙上等处的)涂鸦,胡写乱画 - The subway was covered in graffiti.
地下通道里涂满了乱七八糟的图画和文字。 - Someone had scrawled graffiti all over the school walls.
有人在学校墙上乱涂乱画。 - a fashionable graffiti artist
时髦的涂鸦艺术家
Topics Artb1- Racist graffiti was sprayed on the walls.
墙上喷涂有种族主义的标语。 - The buildings were covered with graffiti.
建筑物上满是涂鸦。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- obscene
- offensive
- racist
- …
- piece
- daub
- scrawl
- spray
- …
- artist
- vandal
词源mid 19th cent.: from Italian (plural), from graffio ‘a scratch’. - The subway was covered in graffiti.