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词汇 scarify
释义

scarify1

verbscarifies, scarifying, scarified ˈskarɪfʌɪˈskɛːrɪfʌɪˈskɛrəˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • 1Cut and remove debris from (a lawn) with a scarifier.

    翻挖(草坪)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The green is regularly spiked, cored and scarified and is mowed three times a week during the bowling season.
    • Avoid scarifying lawns with live moss in them as it will cause the problem to spread.
    • Thatch removal is done by scarifying the grass.
    • It is a good idea to scarify the lawn and remove any thatch, as it restricts air movement, impedes drainage and encourages the formation of moss and weeds.
    • In an area that was scarified 10 years ago, healthy birch saplings, more than an inch in diameter, stand 15 feet tall, promising another generation of Popsicle sticks.
    • While carrying out some tree-felling for Ashcroft, a local forester told him that the commission were trying to find ways of scarifying local woods without using heavy and expensive machinery.
    • Other scenes open out into Mantegna's typical landscapes - rocky mountains scarified by striations and pockmarked with classical ruins.
    • For the control of collar rot disease, the infected collar region of the trees should be scarified with the blunt side of a knife and pasted with copper oxychloride or mancozeb or metalaxyl.
    • Viable seeds were extracted from the pods, scarified with a file, and germinated in the Botany Department greenhouse facilities at the University of Georgia.
    • This scarifies the hard coating on the outside which protects them for years if need be.
    • The points at which the steel meets the wall correspond to the pattern of stratification, as if the wall has been scarified as it admits the structure.
    • The rice for Uncle Ben's, Pillsbury, Stouffer's, and General Mills is processed and scarified so that it will cook at the same rate as white rice.
    • Showing a bit of restraint when turning reduces this effect and you're going to scarify it before you put in rota-bucks so what does it matter, anyway?
    • It's a good time to scarify lawns and remove the dead grass called thatch.
    • There were some exceptional scores due to all the tees being scarified and top dressed and also people playing on temporary tees which were much further forward than usual.
    • After the lawn is mended, it can be scarified to remove debris and thatch, which is a layer of material that builds up on the surface of the soil.
    • We scarify the top 2 to 12 inches, add the proper amount of moisture, compact the subgrade, then fine-grade for paving.
    • Continue to scarify lawns with a wire-tined lawn rake.
    • Prior to disinfection, VIR4788 and VIR7128 seeds were also treated for 15 min with 98% H 2 SO 4 to scarify the seed coat.
    • On a dry day, scarify the lawn to remove unwanted thatch and then aerate and top-dress any badly drained areas.
    1. 1.1 Break up the surface of (soil or a road or pavement).
      翻松(土地或路的)表面
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reverse is better for controlled cutting, pulverizing clods, sorting debris from soil, and scarifying hard ground.
      • Seedling counts show 11,000 to 22,000 white birch seedlings per acre where the ground was scarified and no seedlings where it was not.
      • Add attachments, and you can also scarify hard ground, rip up asphalt, and doze construction materials.
      • If dethatching is required, use an iron rake or a thatch rake (also known as a scrake) to cut through and rake off thatch, and to scarify the surface.
      • It is expected that it should be able to rip ice to the same depth it scarifies soil.
      • We seem to be scarifying sites much earlier after harvesting, now as fast as two to three months later.
      • They intend to scarify the top layer to a depth of a few inches prior to next season.
  • 2Make shallow incisions in (the skin), especially as a medical procedure or traditional cosmetic practice.

    (外科或美容)在(皮肤)上做小切口(或划痕)

    she scarified the snakebite with a paring knife

    他用切皮刀割开被蛇咬的伤口。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also recall an unfortunate Laotian woman who scarified her back in an attempt to treat her menstrual problems.
    • In the past, mild acids, or salt were used to scarify the skin but the scar could be as undesirable as the tattoo.
    • This surface effect gives his drawings yet another bodily reference, perhaps unintended, in its resemblance to scarified skin.
    • Thus, in Papua New Guinea the Kendengei people of the Sepik ritually scarify adolescent men.
  • 3Criticize severely and hurtfully.

    〈喻〉严厉批评;伤…的感情

    he scarified our leading politicians, seizing upon their vulnerable points
    Example sentencesExamples
    • From information released he seemingly has scarified both his Irish and Manchester colleagues.
    • He went on to scarify the same companies for being only interested in putting on the tried and the tested to the exclusion of modern works by Irish writers and composers.
    • However, I don't want to scarify the community's open discussion just for those annoying spams.
    • A staunch Wicklow supporter, he has been scarified for hoisting the Dublin colours in Balto.
    • I was blackballed and blacklisted, vilified and scarified and was reduced to having to go incognito to Cleary's of Ballycroy to enjoy a pint or three.

Derivatives

  • scarification

  • noun skarɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nskɛːrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌskɛrəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    • Dotted designs represent facial scarifications and remind the viewer of the fleeting nature of youth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Decoration on either side of the abdomen may consist of spirals or animal motifs, and in this area of Nigeria, a prominent navel with surrounding scarification is a sign of beauty.
      • Each had to be carefully pre-treated with scarification, the seed coats being ruptured by laborious scratching with a sharp scalpel.
      • As a forwarder, the 1210A is a good machine but for scarification we found it to be undersized.
      • In spring, you may also want to give it a scarification to get the thatch (dead matter) out of the roots.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French scarifier, via late Latin from Greek skariphasthai 'scratch an outline', from skariphos 'stylus'.

Rhymes

clarify

scarify2

verbscarifies, scarifying, scarified ˈskɛːrɪfʌɪˈskɛrəˌfaɪ
[with object]usually as adjective scarifyinginformal
  • Frighten.

    〈非正式〉恐吓,使害怕

    a scarifying mix of extreme violence and absurdist humour

    吓人的极端暴力和荒诞幽默的混合。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The English novelist responsible for the most scarifying account of literary humiliation ever put into print died a hundred years ago this month.
    Synonyms
    frighten, make afraid, make fearful, make nervous, panic, throw into a panic

Origin

Late 18th century: formed irregularly from scare, perhaps on the pattern of terrify.

scarify1

verbˈskɛrəˌfaɪˈskerəˌfī
[with object]
  • 1Cut and remove debris from (a lawn) with a scarifier.

    翻挖(草坪)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In an area that was scarified 10 years ago, healthy birch saplings, more than an inch in diameter, stand 15 feet tall, promising another generation of Popsicle sticks.
    • Other scenes open out into Mantegna's typical landscapes - rocky mountains scarified by striations and pockmarked with classical ruins.
    • This scarifies the hard coating on the outside which protects them for years if need be.
    • Continue to scarify lawns with a wire-tined lawn rake.
    • The points at which the steel meets the wall correspond to the pattern of stratification, as if the wall has been scarified as it admits the structure.
    • The rice for Uncle Ben's, Pillsbury, Stouffer's, and General Mills is processed and scarified so that it will cook at the same rate as white rice.
    • For the control of collar rot disease, the infected collar region of the trees should be scarified with the blunt side of a knife and pasted with copper oxychloride or mancozeb or metalaxyl.
    • It is a good idea to scarify the lawn and remove any thatch, as it restricts air movement, impedes drainage and encourages the formation of moss and weeds.
    • On a dry day, scarify the lawn to remove unwanted thatch and then aerate and top-dress any badly drained areas.
    • Showing a bit of restraint when turning reduces this effect and you're going to scarify it before you put in rota-bucks so what does it matter, anyway?
    • We scarify the top 2 to 12 inches, add the proper amount of moisture, compact the subgrade, then fine-grade for paving.
    • It's a good time to scarify lawns and remove the dead grass called thatch.
    • After the lawn is mended, it can be scarified to remove debris and thatch, which is a layer of material that builds up on the surface of the soil.
    • Avoid scarifying lawns with live moss in them as it will cause the problem to spread.
    • There were some exceptional scores due to all the tees being scarified and top dressed and also people playing on temporary tees which were much further forward than usual.
    • The green is regularly spiked, cored and scarified and is mowed three times a week during the bowling season.
    • While carrying out some tree-felling for Ashcroft, a local forester told him that the commission were trying to find ways of scarifying local woods without using heavy and expensive machinery.
    • Viable seeds were extracted from the pods, scarified with a file, and germinated in the Botany Department greenhouse facilities at the University of Georgia.
    • Prior to disinfection, VIR4788 and VIR7128 seeds were also treated for 15 min with 98% H 2 SO 4 to scarify the seed coat.
    • Thatch removal is done by scarifying the grass.
    1. 1.1 Break up the surface of (soil or pavement).
      翻松(土地或路的)表面
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They intend to scarify the top layer to a depth of a few inches prior to next season.
      • Seedling counts show 11,000 to 22,000 white birch seedlings per acre where the ground was scarified and no seedlings where it was not.
      • Add attachments, and you can also scarify hard ground, rip up asphalt, and doze construction materials.
      • We seem to be scarifying sites much earlier after harvesting, now as fast as two to three months later.
      • Reverse is better for controlled cutting, pulverizing clods, sorting debris from soil, and scarifying hard ground.
      • If dethatching is required, use an iron rake or a thatch rake (also known as a scrake) to cut through and rake off thatch, and to scarify the surface.
      • It is expected that it should be able to rip ice to the same depth it scarifies soil.
  • 2Make shallow incisions in (the skin), especially as a medical procedure or traditional cosmetic practice.

    (外科或美容)在(皮肤)上做小切口(或划痕)

    she scarified the snakebite with a paring knife

    他用切皮刀割开被蛇咬的伤口。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This surface effect gives his drawings yet another bodily reference, perhaps unintended, in its resemblance to scarified skin.
    • In the past, mild acids, or salt were used to scarify the skin but the scar could be as undesirable as the tattoo.
    • I also recall an unfortunate Laotian woman who scarified her back in an attempt to treat her menstrual problems.
    • Thus, in Papua New Guinea the Kendengei people of the Sepik ritually scarify adolescent men.
  • 3Criticize severely and hurtfully.

    〈喻〉严厉批评;伤…的感情

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He went on to scarify the same companies for being only interested in putting on the tried and the tested to the exclusion of modern works by Irish writers and composers.
    • I was blackballed and blacklisted, vilified and scarified and was reduced to having to go incognito to Cleary's of Ballycroy to enjoy a pint or three.
    • A staunch Wicklow supporter, he has been scarified for hoisting the Dublin colours in Balto.
    • From information released he seemingly has scarified both his Irish and Manchester colleagues.
    • However, I don't want to scarify the community's open discussion just for those annoying spams.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French scarifier, via late Latin from Greek skariphasthai ‘scratch an outline’, from skariphos ‘stylus’.

scarify2

verbˈskɛrəˌfaɪˈskerəˌfī
[with object]usually as adjective scarifyinginformal
  • Frighten.

    〈非正式〉恐吓,使害怕

    a scarifying mix of extreme violence and absurdist humor

    吓人的极端暴力和荒诞幽默的混合。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The English novelist responsible for the most scarifying account of literary humiliation ever put into print died a hundred years ago this month.
    Synonyms
    frighten, make afraid, make fearful, make nervous, panic, throw into a panic

Origin

Late 18th century: formed irregularly from scare, perhaps on the pattern of terrify.

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