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blemish 音标拼音: [bl'ɛmɪʃ] n. 污点,缺点
vt. 弄脏,玷污,损害 污点,缺点弄脏,玷污,损害 blemish n 1: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something ( especially on a person' s body); " a facial blemish" [ synonym: { blemish}, { defect}, { mar}] v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; " scars defaced her cheeks"; " The vandals disfigured the statue" [ synonym: { deface}, { disfigure}, { blemish}] 2: mar or impair with a flaw; " her face was blemished" [ synonym: { blemish}, { spot}] 3: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [ synonym: { flaw}, { blemish}] Blemish \ Blem" ish\, n.; pl. { Blemishes}. Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. [ 1913 Webster] He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. -- Lev. xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster] The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. -- Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault; taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace. [ 1913 Webster]
Blemish \ Blem" ish\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Blemished}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Blemishing}.] [ OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir, blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. bl[^ e] mir to grow pale, fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. bl[^ e] me, prob. fr. Icel bl[= a] man the livid color of a wound, fr. bl[= a] r blue; akin to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one ( black and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See { Blue}.] 1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. [ 1913 Webster] Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. -- Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. [ 1913 Webster] There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. -- Oldys. [ 1913 Webster] 251 Moby Thesaurus words for " blemish": abrade, abrasion, baboon, bag, bark, besmirch, birthmark, black sheep, blaze, blaze a trail, blister, bloody, blot, blotch, brand, break, bruise, bug, burn, caste mark, catch, chafe, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checkmark, chip, cicatrix, cicatrize, claw, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, cut, damage, dapple, dash, deface, defect, defection, deficiency, define, deform, delimit, demarcate, discolor, discoloration, disfigure, disfigurement, disproportion, distort, dog, dot, drawback, dysphemize, earmark, engrave, engraving, erratum, error, eyesore, failing, failure, fault, faute, flash burn, flaw, fleck, flick, foible, foreign body, foreign intruder, fracture, frailty, fray, frazzle, freckle, fret, fright, gall, gargoyle, gash, graving, hack, hag, harm, harridan, hatch, hole, hurt, impair, impairment, imperfection, impress, imprint, impurity, inadequacy, incise, incision, infirmity, injure, injury, intruder, jot, kink, lacerate, laceration, lentigo, lesion, line, little problem, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, macula, maim, make a mark, make mincemeat of, mar, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, maul, mess, misfit, misshape, mole, monkey wrench, monster, monstrosity, mortal wound, mote, mottle, mutilate, mutilation, nevus, nick, no beauty, notch, oddball, offend, offend the eye, patch, pencil, pepper, pierce, pockmark, point, polka dot, prejudice, prick, print, problem, punch, punctuate, puncture, rend, rent, riddle, rift, rip, run, rupture, savage, scab, scald, scar, scarecrow, scarification, scarify, scorch, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scuff, seal, seam, second- degree burn, shortcoming, sight, skin, slash, slit, sliver, smear, snag, something missing, sore, speck, speckle, splash, splinter, split, splotch, spoil, spot, sprain, stab, stab wound, stain, stamp, stick, stigma, stigmatize, stone, strain, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, sully, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tear, teratism, third- degree burn, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, trauma, traumatize, truncate, twist, uglify, ugly duckling, underline, underscore, vice, vitiate, vulnerable place, warp, wart, watermark, weak link, weak point, weakness, weed, witch, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
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