obliterate
verb /əˈblɪtəreɪt/
/əˈblɪtəreɪt/
[often passive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they obliterate | /əˈblɪtəreɪt/ /əˈblɪtəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it obliterates | /əˈblɪtəreɪts/ /əˈblɪtəreɪts/ |
| past simple obliterated | /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪd/ /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle obliterated | /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪd/ /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form obliterating | /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- obliterate something to remove all signs of something, either by destroying or covering it completely
毁掉；覆盖；清除 - The building was completely obliterated by the bomb.
炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。 - The snow had obliterated their footprints.
白雪覆盖了他们的足迹。 - Everything that happened that night was obliterated from his memory.
那天夜里发生的一切都从他的记忆中消失了。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin obliterat- ‘struck out, erased’, from the verb obliterare, based on littera ‘letter, something written’. - The building was completely obliterated by the bomb.