Definition of erase in English:

erase

verb ɪˈreɪzəˈreɪs

[with object]

1Rub out or remove (writing or marks)
抹去，擦掉，把（笔迹，痕迹）擦去
graffiti had been erased from the wall
墙壁上乱涂乱画的东西被擦掉了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The two sticks could then be compared to see if they tallied to prevent me adding a mark or you erasing a mark on the sticks.
- A sudden smile can smooth it free of tension as easily as the tide can erase marks on sand.
- The kids glanced up at me, and some started erasing their marks.
- Even the small marks left by the scrapping of chair legs had been erased.
- The tower houses a laser projection device that gradually describes a horizontal line of red light on the gallery walls and then erases itself.
- We wish we could erase the mark, see it gone forever.
- Like previously, the copy in the duplicated block has been erased, and no trace of a pseudogene or relic can be detected in S. cerevisiae.
- He cleanly erased every single mark on my worksheet.
- Eyes and noses smear like smudged pencil marks erased from once-recognizable faces.
- Remarkably, seven days later her mark was erased.
- The accused used to erase the marks and words from the stamps and sold them to the shopkeepers or back to the post offices.
- But the food safety authority acknowledges this mark may be erased if the meat has been cut up.
- Every day she covered that one page with poetry, stories, her story, and then she memorized it, and then she erased the pencil marks with breadcrumbs.
- Despite the subsequent wiping, washing and some more wiping, the footprints simply refused to be erased.
- When the calculation was over, the operator would smooth over the sand and erase the marks.
- She had an urge to erase the writing, make it disappear, as if doing that would make it so that it never happened… but of course - the diary was etched in pen.
- He got up off the bed and hastily dragged the chair back to its proper place, erased the drag marks, picked the stool up to carry it to its proper spot, same back and closed the doors.
- Kishi put down the pencil with which she had been marking up the corner of her assignment book and suddenly took to erasing the marks with much vigor.
- It was important that all stray marks be completely erased so they would not show when the design was scanned.
- The labels were cut out of his clothing and any identifying marks on his shoes had been erased.
Synonyms
delete, rub out, wipe out/off
cross out, strike out, score out, blot out, blank out, scratch out, scrape off, cancel, put a line through
efface, expunge, excise, remove, obliterate, eliminate, remove all traces of
censor, blue-pencil, redact, bowdlerize
technical dele
1. 1.1 Remove all traces of; destroy or obliterate.
  over twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased
  二十年间，农村经济的最后残余就被消灭了。
  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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The role of the Bund area is changing, but the name of the wall will never be erased from locals' minds.
  The political and cultural sovereignty of northern aboriginal people were effectively erased by such statements.
  All thoughts of being quiet and timid were erased as I spotted the crimson stains on the pot of the plant where someone had obviously pushed it down the stairs.
  Some moments, he saw a trace of sadness that was quickly erased.
  Well, you know, I'm a little confused by your characterization of this as though because a person has served a jail sentence that that somehow erases the fact that they committed a crime.
  But one wonders if a brush of white wash on these walls would help erase some of the pain.
  If women participated in this myth-making in order to understand themselves and their place in the world, the traces have been erased or repressed.
  That leaves a mark on you that can't be erased - and it leaves you with questions that you have to confront: Who am I to have witnessed such acts?
  They are a black mark, which will really only be finally erased when the game addresses the root cause of players behaving badly.
  Architectural awareness erases a person's complacency about buildings.
  Yet retracting a report isn't the same as erasing it from people's memories.
  An environment of finding fault will break down trust in one another as well as erase the personal self-confidence every member needs to succeed.
  Experts say some of that helplessness may be erased by commune council elections, held for the first time in 2002, which could give villagers more influence over local planning.
  That element of my nightmare had been erased, diminished, dissolved.
  We have all seen people erase their own worries and fears by helping others.
  In some parts of Latin America, there's been an attempt to erase many of the traces of liberation theology in any of its forms.
  The United States owes its entire non-Native history to people wanting to erase their pasts and make fresh starts.
  Synonyms
  destroy, wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, abolish, stamp out, quash, do away with, get rid of, remove, dissolve
2. 1.2 Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory.
  从（磁带，载体）上抹录音（或录像）；（从计算机存储器中）删除（数据）
  the tape could be magnetically erased and reused
  the file has been erased from the hard disk
  Example sentencesExamples
  Soon the software revved up and began to halt the invasion, slowly at first but as the system recovers one by one it gets faster and faster until the traces of hacking has been erased.
  This could take the form of a predefined message, which, when sent to a phone either erases its program memory, and/or locks it up completely.
  If you do decide to resell, you'll need to be able to track the equipment and obtain proof that hard drives have been completely erased.
  It will reformat your memory circuits, completely erasing any and all memories that you have.
  The malicious software might then erase itself and never be detected, according to the report.
  It prevents a hacker from deleting any files, but restricts a user from suing the hacker should anything be accidentally erased.
  The ‘old’ boxes can be erased and new data recorded onto them for distribution when the next update cycle occurs.
  Whether this person did or did not erase his computer's memory, he is responsible for putting the information into it.
  A file in the Recycle Bin is not erased from your computer until you select ‘Empty the Recycle Bin’ from the File menu.
  I pushed the erase button; did people think teachers were evil or something?
  Even then, the waiting while all the files on the computers were being erased seemed endless.
  Horrified, he erased the hard disk and started from scratch with new anti-virus software.
  The degaussing process is designed to erase the tape magnetically back to a virgin state.
  A roll of film, for example, can only be used once, but a computer chip can be erased and reused continually.
  Just like erasing a magnetic hard disk does not delete all the information stored on the disk, common erasure methods for tapes do not erase all of the data on the tape.
  In many situations, just erasing a tape is not enough to be sure the ‘erased’ data is actually gone.
  She had been a genius and erased all records and traces of Nikolas and replaced them with false information.
  I erase everything using a program that promises to destroy the data, not just remove it from the directory.
  Digital rights software will enable users to view the program a certain number of times, after which it will be automatically erased from the storage device.
  As we all know, most of the tapes of Johnny's early shows were destroyed or erased years ago.

Derivatives

erasable

adjective ɪˈreɪzəb(ə)ləˈreɪsəb(ə)l

The erasable calendar posted on the east wall was too far away, so she scrabbled through the piles of loose papers cluttering her desktop until she found her appointment book.
Example sentencesExamples
- An erasable programmable logic device is used to output discreet signals for controlling mirror positioning.
- You can get something similar, if you pick a DVD recorder that can handle erasable DVD-RAM disks.
- The memory cell is an electrically erasable programmable read only memory cell or a Flash memory cell.
- Then she'd head back to her typewriter and, using an erasable tape, Preston would alter the check, making it payable to her credit card company.
Synonyms
removable, eradicable, washable, deletable, non-permanent

erasement

noun ɪˈreɪzmənt

mass noun

rare

The removal of all traces of something; obliteration.
the erasement of every record

Origin

Late 16th century (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'.

Rhymes

ablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, blaze, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, laze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise

Definition of erase in US English:

erase

verbəˈreɪsəˈrās

[with object]

1Rub out or remove (writing or marks)
抹去，擦掉，把（笔迹，痕迹）擦去
graffiti had been erased from the wall
墙壁上乱涂乱画的东西被擦掉了。
Example sentencesExamples
- We wish we could erase the mark, see it gone forever.
- He got up off the bed and hastily dragged the chair back to its proper place, erased the drag marks, picked the stool up to carry it to its proper spot, same back and closed the doors.
- The two sticks could then be compared to see if they tallied to prevent me adding a mark or you erasing a mark on the sticks.
- Every day she covered that one page with poetry, stories, her story, and then she memorized it, and then she erased the pencil marks with breadcrumbs.
- Kishi put down the pencil with which she had been marking up the corner of her assignment book and suddenly took to erasing the marks with much vigor.
- Even the small marks left by the scrapping of chair legs had been erased.
- The accused used to erase the marks and words from the stamps and sold them to the shopkeepers or back to the post offices.
- A sudden smile can smooth it free of tension as easily as the tide can erase marks on sand.
- But the food safety authority acknowledges this mark may be erased if the meat has been cut up.
- The labels were cut out of his clothing and any identifying marks on his shoes had been erased.
- It was important that all stray marks be completely erased so they would not show when the design was scanned.
- Despite the subsequent wiping, washing and some more wiping, the footprints simply refused to be erased.
- The kids glanced up at me, and some started erasing their marks.
- She had an urge to erase the writing, make it disappear, as if doing that would make it so that it never happened… but of course - the diary was etched in pen.
- He cleanly erased every single mark on my worksheet.
- Like previously, the copy in the duplicated block has been erased, and no trace of a pseudogene or relic can be detected in S. cerevisiae.
- When the calculation was over, the operator would smooth over the sand and erase the marks.
- Remarkably, seven days later her mark was erased.
- The tower houses a laser projection device that gradually describes a horizontal line of red light on the gallery walls and then erases itself.
- Eyes and noses smear like smudged pencil marks erased from once-recognizable faces.
Synonyms
delete, rub out, wipe off, wipe out
1. 1.1 Remove all traces of (a thought, feeling, or memory)
  抹去（想法，情感，记忆的痕迹，忘掉）
  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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some moments, he saw a trace of sadness that was quickly erased.
  The role of the Bund area is changing, but the name of the wall will never be erased from locals' minds.
  The political and cultural sovereignty of northern aboriginal people were effectively erased by such statements.
  We have all seen people erase their own worries and fears by helping others.
  All thoughts of being quiet and timid were erased as I spotted the crimson stains on the pot of the plant where someone had obviously pushed it down the stairs.
  They are a black mark, which will really only be finally erased when the game addresses the root cause of players behaving badly.
  That leaves a mark on you that can't be erased - and it leaves you with questions that you have to confront: Who am I to have witnessed such acts?
  Architectural awareness erases a person's complacency about buildings.
  An environment of finding fault will break down trust in one another as well as erase the personal self-confidence every member needs to succeed.
  Well, you know, I'm a little confused by your characterization of this as though because a person has served a jail sentence that that somehow erases the fact that they committed a crime.
  If women participated in this myth-making in order to understand themselves and their place in the world, the traces have been erased or repressed.
  Yet retracting a report isn't the same as erasing it from people's memories.
  The United States owes its entire non-Native history to people wanting to erase their pasts and make fresh starts.
  But one wonders if a brush of white wash on these walls would help erase some of the pain.
  That element of my nightmare had been erased, diminished, dissolved.
  In some parts of Latin America, there's been an attempt to erase many of the traces of liberation theology in any of its forms.
  Experts say some of that helplessness may be erased by commune council elections, held for the first time in 2002, which could give villagers more influence over local planning.
  Synonyms
  destroy, wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, abolish, stamp out, quash, do away with, get rid of, remove, dissolve
2. 1.2 Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory.
  从（磁带，载体）上抹录音（或录像）；（从计算机存储器中）删除（数据）
  Example sentencesExamples
  I erase everything using a program that promises to destroy the data, not just remove it from the directory.
  Horrified, he erased the hard disk and started from scratch with new anti-virus software.
  It will reformat your memory circuits, completely erasing any and all memories that you have.
  As we all know, most of the tapes of Johnny's early shows were destroyed or erased years ago.
  This could take the form of a predefined message, which, when sent to a phone either erases its program memory, and/or locks it up completely.
  Digital rights software will enable users to view the program a certain number of times, after which it will be automatically erased from the storage device.
  In many situations, just erasing a tape is not enough to be sure the ‘erased’ data is actually gone.
  A file in the Recycle Bin is not erased from your computer until you select ‘Empty the Recycle Bin’ from the File menu.
  A roll of film, for example, can only be used once, but a computer chip can be erased and reused continually.
  The malicious software might then erase itself and never be detected, according to the report.
  If you do decide to resell, you'll need to be able to track the equipment and obtain proof that hard drives have been completely erased.
  Just like erasing a magnetic hard disk does not delete all the information stored on the disk, common erasure methods for tapes do not erase all of the data on the tape.
  The degaussing process is designed to erase the tape magnetically back to a virgin state.
  It prevents a hacker from deleting any files, but restricts a user from suing the hacker should anything be accidentally erased.
  I pushed the erase button; did people think teachers were evil or something?
  Whether this person did or did not erase his computer's memory, he is responsible for putting the information into it.
  She had been a genius and erased all records and traces of Nikolas and replaced them with false information.
  The ‘old’ boxes can be erased and new data recorded onto them for distribution when the next update cycle occurs.
  Even then, the waiting while all the files on the computers were being erased seemed endless.
  Soon the software revved up and began to halt the invasion, slowly at first but as the system recovers one by one it gets faster and faster until the traces of hacking has been erased.

Origin

Late 16th century (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’.

词汇	erase
释义	Definition of erase in English: erase verb ɪˈreɪzəˈreɪs [with object] 1Rub out or remove (writing or marks) 抹去，擦掉，把（笔迹，痕迹）擦去 graffiti had been erased from the wall 墙壁上乱涂乱画的东西被擦掉了。 Example sentencesExamples The two sticks could then be compared to see if they tallied to prevent me adding a mark or you erasing a mark on the sticks. A sudden smile can smooth it free of tension as easily as the tide can erase marks on sand. The kids glanced up at me, and some started erasing their marks. Even the small marks left by the scrapping of chair legs had been erased. The tower houses a laser projection device that gradually describes a horizontal line of red light on the gallery walls and then erases itself. We wish we could erase the mark, see it gone forever. Like previously, the copy in the duplicated block has been erased, and no trace of a pseudogene or relic can be detected in S. cerevisiae. He cleanly erased every single mark on my worksheet. Eyes and noses smear like smudged pencil marks erased from once-recognizable faces. Remarkably, seven days later her mark was erased. The accused used to erase the marks and words from the stamps and sold them to the shopkeepers or back to the post offices. But the food safety authority acknowledges this mark may be erased if the meat has been cut up. Every day she covered that one page with poetry, stories, her story, and then she memorized it, and then she erased the pencil marks with breadcrumbs. Despite the subsequent wiping, washing and some more wiping, the footprints simply refused to be erased. When the calculation was over, the operator would smooth over the sand and erase the marks. She had an urge to erase the writing, make it disappear, as if doing that would make it so that it never happened… but of course - the diary was etched in pen. He got up off the bed and hastily dragged the chair back to its proper place, erased the drag marks, picked the stool up to carry it to its proper spot, same back and closed the doors. Kishi put down the pencil with which she had been marking up the corner of her assignment book and suddenly took to erasing the marks with much vigor. It was important that all stray marks be completely erased so they would not show when the design was scanned. The labels were cut out of his clothing and any identifying marks on his shoes had been erased. Synonyms delete, rub out, wipe out/off cross out, strike out, score out, blot out, blank out, scratch out, scrape off, cancel, put a line through efface, expunge, excise, remove, obliterate, eliminate, remove all traces of censor, blue-pencil, redact, bowdlerize technical dele 1.1 Remove all traces of; destroy or obliterate. over twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased 二十年间，农村经济的最后残余就被消灭了。 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。 Example sentencesExamples The role of the Bund area is changing, but the name of the wall will never be erased from locals' minds. The political and cultural sovereignty of northern aboriginal people were effectively erased by such statements. All thoughts of being quiet and timid were erased as I spotted the crimson stains on the pot of the plant where someone had obviously pushed it down the stairs. Some moments, he saw a trace of sadness that was quickly erased. Well, you know, I'm a little confused by your characterization of this as though because a person has served a jail sentence that that somehow erases the fact that they committed a crime. But one wonders if a brush of white wash on these walls would help erase some of the pain. If women participated in this myth-making in order to understand themselves and their place in the world, the traces have been erased or repressed. That leaves a mark on you that can't be erased - and it leaves you with questions that you have to confront: Who am I to have witnessed such acts? They are a black mark, which will really only be finally erased when the game addresses the root cause of players behaving badly. Architectural awareness erases a person's complacency about buildings. Yet retracting a report isn't the same as erasing it from people's memories. An environment of finding fault will break down trust in one another as well as erase the personal self-confidence every member needs to succeed. Experts say some of that helplessness may be erased by commune council elections, held for the first time in 2002, which could give villagers more influence over local planning. That element of my nightmare had been erased, diminished, dissolved. We have all seen people erase their own worries and fears by helping others. In some parts of Latin America, there's been an attempt to erase many of the traces of liberation theology in any of its forms. The United States owes its entire non-Native history to people wanting to erase their pasts and make fresh starts. Synonyms destroy, wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, abolish, stamp out, quash, do away with, get rid of, remove, dissolve 1.2 Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory. 从（磁带，载体）上抹录音（或录像）；（从计算机存储器中）删除（数据） the tape could be magnetically erased and reused the file has been erased from the hard disk Example sentencesExamples Soon the software revved up and began to halt the invasion, slowly at first but as the system recovers one by one it gets faster and faster until the traces of hacking has been erased. This could take the form of a predefined message, which, when sent to a phone either erases its program memory, and/or locks it up completely. If you do decide to resell, you'll need to be able to track the equipment and obtain proof that hard drives have been completely erased. It will reformat your memory circuits, completely erasing any and all memories that you have. The malicious software might then erase itself and never be detected, according to the report. It prevents a hacker from deleting any files, but restricts a user from suing the hacker should anything be accidentally erased. The ‘old’ boxes can be erased and new data recorded onto them for distribution when the next update cycle occurs. Whether this person did or did not erase his computer's memory, he is responsible for putting the information into it. A file in the Recycle Bin is not erased from your computer until you select ‘Empty the Recycle Bin’ from the File menu. I pushed the erase button; did people think teachers were evil or something? Even then, the waiting while all the files on the computers were being erased seemed endless. Horrified, he erased the hard disk and started from scratch with new anti-virus software. The degaussing process is designed to erase the tape magnetically back to a virgin state. A roll of film, for example, can only be used once, but a computer chip can be erased and reused continually. Just like erasing a magnetic hard disk does not delete all the information stored on the disk, common erasure methods for tapes do not erase all of the data on the tape. In many situations, just erasing a tape is not enough to be sure the ‘erased’ data is actually gone. She had been a genius and erased all records and traces of Nikolas and replaced them with false information. I erase everything using a program that promises to destroy the data, not just remove it from the directory. Digital rights software will enable users to view the program a certain number of times, after which it will be automatically erased from the storage device. As we all know, most of the tapes of Johnny's early shows were destroyed or erased years ago. Derivatives erasable adjective ɪˈreɪzəb(ə)ləˈreɪsəb(ə)l The erasable calendar posted on the east wall was too far away, so she scrabbled through the piles of loose papers cluttering her desktop until she found her appointment book. Example sentencesExamples An erasable programmable logic device is used to output discreet signals for controlling mirror positioning. You can get something similar, if you pick a DVD recorder that can handle erasable DVD-RAM disks. The memory cell is an electrically erasable programmable read only memory cell or a Flash memory cell. Then she'd head back to her typewriter and, using an erasable tape, Preston would alter the check, making it payable to her credit card company. Synonyms removable, eradicable, washable, deletable, non-permanent erasement noun ɪˈreɪzmənt mass nounrare The removal of all traces of something; obliteration. the erasement of every record Origin Late 16th century (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'. Rhymes ablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, blaze, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, laze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise Definition of erase in US English: erase verbəˈreɪsəˈrās [with object] 1Rub out or remove (writing or marks) 抹去，擦掉，把（笔迹，痕迹）擦去 graffiti had been erased from the wall 墙壁上乱涂乱画的东西被擦掉了。 Example sentencesExamples We wish we could erase the mark, see it gone forever. He got up off the bed and hastily dragged the chair back to its proper place, erased the drag marks, picked the stool up to carry it to its proper spot, same back and closed the doors. The two sticks could then be compared to see if they tallied to prevent me adding a mark or you erasing a mark on the sticks. Every day she covered that one page with poetry, stories, her story, and then she memorized it, and then she erased the pencil marks with breadcrumbs. Kishi put down the pencil with which she had been marking up the corner of her assignment book and suddenly took to erasing the marks with much vigor. Even the small marks left by the scrapping of chair legs had been erased. The accused used to erase the marks and words from the stamps and sold them to the shopkeepers or back to the post offices. A sudden smile can smooth it free of tension as easily as the tide can erase marks on sand. But the food safety authority acknowledges this mark may be erased if the meat has been cut up. The labels were cut out of his clothing and any identifying marks on his shoes had been erased. It was important that all stray marks be completely erased so they would not show when the design was scanned. Despite the subsequent wiping, washing and some more wiping, the footprints simply refused to be erased. The kids glanced up at me, and some started erasing their marks. She had an urge to erase the writing, make it disappear, as if doing that would make it so that it never happened… but of course - the diary was etched in pen. He cleanly erased every single mark on my worksheet. Like previously, the copy in the duplicated block has been erased, and no trace of a pseudogene or relic can be detected in S. cerevisiae. When the calculation was over, the operator would smooth over the sand and erase the marks. Remarkably, seven days later her mark was erased. The tower houses a laser projection device that gradually describes a horizontal line of red light on the gallery walls and then erases itself. Eyes and noses smear like smudged pencil marks erased from once-recognizable faces. Synonyms delete, rub out, wipe off, wipe out 1.1 Remove all traces of (a thought, feeling, or memory) 抹去（想法，情感，记忆的痕迹，忘掉） 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。 Example sentencesExamples Some moments, he saw a trace of sadness that was quickly erased. The role of the Bund area is changing, but the name of the wall will never be erased from locals' minds. The political and cultural sovereignty of northern aboriginal people were effectively erased by such statements. We have all seen people erase their own worries and fears by helping others. All thoughts of being quiet and timid were erased as I spotted the crimson stains on the pot of the plant where someone had obviously pushed it down the stairs. They are a black mark, which will really only be finally erased when the game addresses the root cause of players behaving badly. That leaves a mark on you that can't be erased - and it leaves you with questions that you have to confront: Who am I to have witnessed such acts? Architectural awareness erases a person's complacency about buildings. An environment of finding fault will break down trust in one another as well as erase the personal self-confidence every member needs to succeed. Well, you know, I'm a little confused by your characterization of this as though because a person has served a jail sentence that that somehow erases the fact that they committed a crime. If women participated in this myth-making in order to understand themselves and their place in the world, the traces have been erased or repressed. Yet retracting a report isn't the same as erasing it from people's memories. The United States owes its entire non-Native history to people wanting to erase their pasts and make fresh starts. But one wonders if a brush of white wash on these walls would help erase some of the pain. That element of my nightmare had been erased, diminished, dissolved. In some parts of Latin America, there's been an attempt to erase many of the traces of liberation theology in any of its forms. Experts say some of that helplessness may be erased by commune council elections, held for the first time in 2002, which could give villagers more influence over local planning. Synonyms destroy, wipe out, obliterate, eradicate, abolish, stamp out, quash, do away with, get rid of, remove, dissolve 1.2 Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer's memory. 从（磁带，载体）上抹录音（或录像）；（从计算机存储器中）删除（数据） Example sentencesExamples I erase everything using a program that promises to destroy the data, not just remove it from the directory. Horrified, he erased the hard disk and started from scratch with new anti-virus software. It will reformat your memory circuits, completely erasing any and all memories that you have. As we all know, most of the tapes of Johnny's early shows were destroyed or erased years ago. This could take the form of a predefined message, which, when sent to a phone either erases its program memory, and/or locks it up completely. Digital rights software will enable users to view the program a certain number of times, after which it will be automatically erased from the storage device. In many situations, just erasing a tape is not enough to be sure the ‘erased’ data is actually gone. A file in the Recycle Bin is not erased from your computer until you select ‘Empty the Recycle Bin’ from the File menu. A roll of film, for example, can only be used once, but a computer chip can be erased and reused continually. The malicious software might then erase itself and never be detected, according to the report. If you do decide to resell, you'll need to be able to track the equipment and obtain proof that hard drives have been completely erased. Just like erasing a magnetic hard disk does not delete all the information stored on the disk, common erasure methods for tapes do not erase all of the data on the tape. The degaussing process is designed to erase the tape magnetically back to a virgin state. It prevents a hacker from deleting any files, but restricts a user from suing the hacker should anything be accidentally erased. I pushed the erase button; did people think teachers were evil or something? Whether this person did or did not erase his computer's memory, he is responsible for putting the information into it. She had been a genius and erased all records and traces of Nikolas and replaced them with false information. The ‘old’ boxes can be erased and new data recorded onto them for distribution when the next update cycle occurs. Even then, the waiting while all the files on the computers were being erased seemed endless. Soon the software revved up and began to halt the invasion, slowly at first but as the system recovers one by one it gets faster and faster until the traces of hacking has been erased. Origin Late 16th century (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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