defile

🇺🇸 /dɪˈfaɪl/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˈfaɪl/
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verb
R

to make dirty or ruin the purity of something important

The park was left in a terrible state, defiled by litter and vandalism.

公园被垃圾和破坏行为弄得一团糟。

noun
R

a narrow path between mountains

They had to navigate the defile carefully to reach the valley below.

他们必须小心地穿越峡谷才能到达下面的山谷。

translation

v. 玷污
n. 隘口

词形变化

3rd Present defiles
Progressive defiling
Past defiled
Perfect defiled
Plural defiles