blemish

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n. 污点, 缺点 vt. 弄脏, 玷污, 损害

发音

AU /ˈblɛmɪʃ/

词形变化

blemishes 复数 blemishes blemished blemishes 三单 blemisheth blemishing blemisht blemishing 现在分词 blemished 过去式 blemished 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

  2. 2.

    A moral defect; a character flaw.

v.
  1. 1.

    To spoil the appearance of.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

defect mar

上位词 1

appearance

下位词 10

check mark nick spot burn crack scratch chip scar mole
动词

同义词 4

spot flaw disfigure deface

上位词 10

dirty damage soil spoil mar grime impair begrime bemire colly

下位词 6

mark pit scar maul mangle pock

词源

From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).

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