erase
erase
[ɪˈreɪz]
verb
erasable
adjective
erasure
noun
语源
[ɪˈreɪz]
verb
- [with obj.]rub out or remove (writing or marks)
抹去，擦掉，清除（笔迹，痕迹）
graffiti had been erased from the wall.
墙壁上乱涂乱画的东西被擦掉了。
■remove all traces of (a thought, feeling, or memory)
抹去（想法，情感，记忆）
the magic of the landscape erased all else from her mind.
绝妙的风景使她忘掉了其他的一切。
■destroy or obliterate (someone or something) so as to leave no trace
杀死；毁灭；忘却
over twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased.
20年过去了，农村经济的最后残余被清除了。
■remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory
擦去（磁带，媒体）上的录音（或录像）；（从计算机中）删除（数据）
erasable
adjective
erasure
noun
语源
- late 16th cent. (originally as a heraldic term meaning 'represent the head or limb of an animal with a jagged edge'): from Latin eras- 'scraped away', from the verb eradere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + radere 'scrape'
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