disfigure
verb /dɪsˈfɪɡə(r)/
/dɪsˈfɪɡjər/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they disfigure | /dɪsˈfɪɡə(r)/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjər/ |
| he / she / it disfigures | /dɪsˈfɪɡəz/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərz/ |
| past simple disfigured | /dɪsˈfɪɡəd/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| past participle disfigured | /dɪsˈfɪɡəd/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| -ing form disfiguring | /dɪsˈfɪɡərɪŋ/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ |
- disfigure somebody/something to damage the appearance of a person, thing or place
损毁…的外形；使变丑；毁容 - Her face was disfigured by a long red scar.
她脸上一条红色的长疤使她破相了。 - An ugly power station disfigures the landscape.
一座丑陋的发电站破坏了风景。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- grossly
- hideously
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French desfigurer, based on Latin figura ‘figure’. - Her face was disfigured by a long red scar.