graffiti
英[gr?'fi?t?]
美[ɡr?'fiti]
- n. 墻上亂寫亂畫的東西（graffito的復數形式）
助記提示
1. graphic => graph- "scratch, draw, write" => graffiti.
中文詞源
graffiti 涂鴉
來自PIE*gerbh, 刮，刻，切，詞源同carve,graph. 最早用于意大利龐培廢墟發現的一些奇怪的雕刻，后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Buildings old and new are thickly covered with graffiti.
- 新老建筑上都有密密麻麻的涂鴉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There's no vandalism, no graffiti, no rubbish left lying about.
- 沒有損害公共財物的行為，也沒有涂鴉和隨處丟棄的垃圾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Graffiti is now an art form in Nor-thampton.
- 涂鴉如今在北安普頓是一種藝術形式。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They all bonded while writing graffiti together.
- 他們都是在一起涂鴉時互相熟識的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The subway was covered in graffiti.
- 過街地道里涂滿了亂七八糟的圖畫和文字。
來自《權威詞典》