graffiti
英 [grə'fiːtɪ]
美 [ɡrə'fiti]
- n. 墙上乱写乱画的东西（graffito的复数形式）
TEM8
1. graphic => graph- "scratch, draw, write" => graffiti.
graffiti 涂鸦来自PIE*gerbh, 刮，刻，切，词源同carve,graph. 最早用于意大利庞培废墟发现的一些奇怪的雕刻，后词义通用化。
- graffiti
- graffiti: [19] Although it denotes ‘writing’, graffiti has no etymological connection with Greek gráphein, source of English graphic. It comes from the plural of Italian graffito, a diminutive form of the noun graffio ‘scratching’. This was derived from the verb graffiare ‘scratch’, itself originally formed from graffio ‘hook’.
- graffiti (n.)
- 1851, "ancient wall inscriptions found in the ruins of Pompeii," from Italian graffiti, plural of graffito "a scribbling," a diminutive formation from graffio "a scratch or scribble," from graffiare "to scribble," ultimately from Greek graphein "to scratch, draw, write" (see -graphy). They are found in many ancient places, but the habit was especially popular among the Romans. Sense extended 1877 to recently made crude drawings and scribbling in public places.
- 1. Buildings old and new are thickly covered with graffiti.
- 新老建筑上都有密密麻麻的涂鸦。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. There's no vandalism, no graffiti, no rubbish left lying about.
- 没有损害公共财物的行为，也没有涂鸦和随处丢弃的垃圾。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Graffiti is now an art form in Nor-thampton.
- 涂鸦如今在北安普顿是一种艺术形式。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They all bonded while writing graffiti together.
- 他们都是在一起涂鸦时互相熟识的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The subway was covered in graffiti.
- 过街地道里涂满了乱七八糟的图画和文字。
来自《权威词典》
