effacement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. countable,uncountable
    — Among the many very baffling inconsistencies of Shakespeare's life the outstanding mystery is surely this: that of all his prolific work […] not a line of manuscript is known to exist today. Nothing approaching this complete effacement can be paralleled in literary history […]
  2. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. countable,uncountable
    — Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.
  3. A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. countable,uncountable

词形变化

effacements plural

词汇关系

衍生词
self-effacement

词源

Etymology tree
Old French esfacier
French effacer
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -ment
Middle French -ment
French -ment
French effacementbor.
English effacement
Borrowed from French effacement.
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