defacement

n. 毁损 [法] 损毁, 涂污, 损毁物

发音

US /dɪˈfeɪsmənt/

词形变化

defacements 复数 defacements

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.

    可数 不可数 政治 纹章
  2. 2.

    An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.

    可数 不可数

    The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.

  3. 3.

    An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.

    可数 不可数

    Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

mutilation disfiguration disfigurement

上位词 4

hurt harm damage scathe

词源

From deface + -ment.

来源：wiktionary