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maculate a. 有斑点的,有污点的
vt. 使有斑点,使有污点 有斑点的,有污点的使有斑点,使有污点 maculate adj 1: morally blemished; stained or impure [ synonym: { defiled}, { maculate}] 2: spotted or blotched v 1: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; " The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; " Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [ synonym: { tarnish}, { stain}, { maculate}, { sully}, { defile}] 2: spot, stain, or pollute; " The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [ synonym: { foul}, { befoul}, { defile}, { maculate}] Maculate \ Mac" u* late\, v. t. [ L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See { Macula}, and cf. { Macule}, v.] To spot; to stain; to blur. [ 1913 Webster] Maculate the honor of their people. -- Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster]
Maculate \ Mac" u* late\, a. [ L. maculatus, p. p.] Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " maculate": besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, defiled, dotted, dotty, flea- bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckle- faced, freckled, freckly, impure, indecent, macular, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka- dot, punctated, smirched, soiled, spangled, spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unvirginal, unvirtuous |
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