defile
verb[T]
formaluk/dɪˈfaɪl/us/dɪˈfaɪl/tospoilsomething or someone so that that thing orpersonis lessbeautifulorpure:
玷污,亵渎,糟蹋It's ashamethat such abeautifulareahas been defiled by arubbishdump.这么美的地方竟然被一堆垃圾给糟蹋了,真是太可惜了。
Thesoldiersdeliberatelydefiled all theholyplaces.士兵们故意亵渎各处神圣的场所。
Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- clutter
- contaminate
- dirty
- disarrange
- mark
- mess
- mix
- mixsomeone/somethingup
- muddle
- muddlesomethingup
- muddy
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- recontaminate
- soil
- tarnish
defile
noun[C]
literaryuk/dɪˈfaɪl/us/dɪˈfaɪl/a verynarrowvalleybetween twomountains
(山中)狭径,峡道Compare
abyss(HOLE)literary
canyon
chasm
cleft
craternoun
crevasse
gorgenoun(VALLEY)
gulf(AREA)formal
gully(CHANNEL)
ravine
rift
sinkholenoun(HOLE)
Geography: valleys
- abyss
- arroyo
- canyon
- chasm
- cirque
- cwm
- dale
- dell
- glen
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- hanging valley
- inter-valley
- landform
- ravine
- rift valley
- vale
- valley
- wadi