scarify
vt. 在...上划痕, 吓唬, 松(土), 擦破硬皮, 割破硬皮 [医] 划痕, 划破
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释义与例句
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1.
To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
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2.
To make scratches or cuts on.
A combing tool is used to scarify, cross-scratch, or score the surface of a scratch coat or undercoat of plaster.
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3.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
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To make scratches or cuts on.
To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
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5.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
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To harrow the feelings.
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To scar.
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8.
Denude, or lay waste to.
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1.
To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
词汇关系
词源
From French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Unrelated to scar.
来源：wiktionary