erasure

名词 n.
/ɪˈɹeɪʒə/|/ɪˈɹeɪʒʊə/    /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration. countable,uncountable
    — An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably.
  2. The state of having been erased; total blankness. countable,uncountable
    — Bush, even when he had the floor, grimaced as he spoke, except on several occasions when he lost his way and a look of total erasure came over him, a blank, stricken stare for which the French, alas, have the most apt expression: like a cow watching a train go by.
  3. The place where something has been erased. countable,uncountable
    — There were several erasures on the paper.
  4. A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society. countable,uncountable
    — bisexual erasure

词形变化

erasures plural

词源

From Latin ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra, equivalent to erase + -ure.
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