| 釋義 |
ravage /'raevids; 'raevids/ vt [VP6A] 1 destroy; damage badly: 毀壞; 嚴重的損壞： forests ~d by fire; 被大火損毀的森林; a face ~d by disease, eg covered with marks after smallpox. 為病所毀的面容(如患天花后留有麻子)。 2 (of armies, etc) rob, plunder, with violence: (指軍隊等)搶劫; 掠奪： They had ~d the countryside. 他們已把鄉(xiāng)間洗劫一空。 n 1 [U] destruction; devastation. 破壞; 蹂蹣。 2 (pl) (復) ~s of. destructive effects: 破壞的結果： the ~s of time, eg on a woman's looks; 時間的摧殘(如在婦女之容貌上所造成者); the ~s of torrential rains. 暴雨造成的災情。 |