English Dictionary

deface

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈfeɪs/

動詞

To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. / To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.

日本語の意味

何かの表面や外観を著しく損傷または破壊する、特に落書きや汚損などで意図的に傷をつけること。 / （物の本来の価値や有効性を）無効にする、または低下させること。

Late at night, vandals attempted to deface the statue by scratching graffiti across its base.

夜遅く、何者かが像の台座に落書きをして像を損傷しようとした。

意味（1）

To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.

That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan.

意味（2）

To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.

He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling void over them.

意味（3）

(heraldry, flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.

You get the Finnish state flag by defacing the national flag with the state coat of arms placed in the middle of the cross.

defaces （ present singular third-person ）

defacing （ participle present ）

defaced （ participle past ）

defaced （ past ）