file off the serial numbers

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To alter identifiable details in a creative work in order to conceal its origin.

    习语
  2. 2.

    To alter identifiable details in a creative work in order to conceal its origin.

    Especially, to remove the copyrighted elements from an existing work of fan fiction so that it may be commercially published as original fiction.

    习语 俚语

词源

From the practice of filing the serial numbers off of firearms in order to make their origin and ownership difficult to trace.

来源:wiktionary