English Dictionary

efface

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈfeɪs/

動詞

他動詞 再帰形

(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. / (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

日本語の意味

（表面に刻まれた印や記号などを）消し去る、読み取れなくする / 跡を消し、存在をなくす

The archivist used a gentle solvent to efface the water stains from the old manuscript without damaging the ink.

保存修復士は、古い写本のインクを傷めないように、やさしい溶剤を使って水染みを消し去った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.

意味（3）

(reflexive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.

Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness.

意味（4）

(medicine) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.

Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.

effaces （ present singular third-person ）

effacing （ participle present ）

effaced （ participle past ）

effaced （ past ）