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maculate

英['mækjʊleɪt] 美['mækjʊˌleɪt]
  • vt. 弄脏
  • adj. 有斑点的
maculated maculated maculating maculates
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. morally blemished; stained or impure

  2. spotted or blotched

Verb:
  1. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;

    "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
    "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

  2. spot, stain, or pollute;

    "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

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