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words ordrawings,especiallyhumorous,rude, orpolitical, onwalls,doors, etc. inpublicplaces: (尤指写画在公共场合的墙或门上的幽默的、粗野的或政治性的)涂鸦,涂画Thesubwaywallsarecoveredwith graffiti.过街地道的墙上满是涂鸦。 A man was jet-washing grafitti off hisfrontdoor. ![picture of graffiti picture of graffiti](https://dictionary.cambridge.org//images/thumb/graffi_noun_002_16284.jpg?version=5.0.287) v96joel/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages - If youaskedhim he'd say grafitti are much lessconsideredthan themarkshe makes.
- Graffiti wasdaubedon thewalls.
- Thememorialtodeadsoldiershad beendefacedby grafitti.
- That graffiti is usually comissioned by theownerof thepremisesin anattempttopreventtheirshopfrontsbeing "tagged" with something they are nothappywith.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWriting & typing - asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- touch-type
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
See more results » to write ordrawgraffiti onwalls,doors, etc. inpublicplaces: Theywantedto go out and graffiti theneighbourhood. Sheposedfor aphotoagainst aheavilygraffitiedwall. - He didn't graffiti thelocalbusstop. Hekilledadefencelessman incoldblood.
- Later shecomplimentsRandy for graffitiing hisnameon thesideof thetruck.
- On the graffitiedstreets, theprevailingmoodis one of acommunitycarryingonitsdailybusiness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWriting & typing - asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- touch-type
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
See more results » (Definition ofgraffitifrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)words ordrawings,especiallyhumorous,rude, orpolitical, onwalls,doors, etc. inpublicplaces (尤指写画在公共场合的墙或门上的幽默的、粗野的或政治性的)涂鸦,涂画Thesubwaywallsarecoveredwith graffiti.过街地道的墙上满是涂鸦。 graffiti| American Dictionarywritings ordrawingsmade onsurfacesinpublicplaces: Someone hadpaintedgraffiti on theentirewall. (Definition ofgraffitifrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofgraffitigraffiti Abandoned, burned-out cars sat beside walls covered withgraffiti.From theCambridge English Corpus Thegraffitiwere reproduced in what looked like their original writing and language, each dated underneath like a signature.From theCambridge English Corpus Their publicity campaign spawned numerous anti-government posters andgraffition campus and in the city.From theCambridge English Corpus Their covers often feature inferior copy quality (often photocopies), rudimentary typesets,graffitilettering, and/or hastily written texts.From theCambridge English Corpus A few years further down the track, it seems unlikely that many people will see the point of thegraffitiartist's message.From theCambridge English Corpus The hallways are clean, withoutgraffiti, and violence-free, contrasting with the bleak and violence-ridden surrounding urban environment.From theCambridge English Corpus The first alphabetic wordbooks were 'glossaries', compiled by searching for such academicgraffiti.From theCambridge English Corpus Rave tends to consist of fairly simple repeated phrases not unlikegraffiti.From theCambridge English Corpus Thegraffitisuggest a 1511-12 terminus for the binding of both layers.From theCambridge English Corpus The most specific clues appear ingraffition the volume's rear pastedown sheet, which is now attached to the binding of both layers.From theCambridge English Corpus The result is an increasing problem with litter, archaeological sites damaged bygraffiti, unplanned vehicle tracks, and an unsightly village.From theCambridge English Corpus The most common reference here is to doinggraffitiart in public spaces or on someone else's private property.From theCambridge English Corpus I used to writegraffiti.From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, our efforts at visual communication seem rather primitive and more like earlygraffiticompared with the development of hieroglyphs or kanji characters for literary purposes.From theCambridge English Corpus Whichgraffitigreatly amused the tourist?From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/graffiti## |