defile
vt . 弄脏,污损,败坏
vi . 以纵队前进
n . 隘路,狭谷
弄脏,污损,败坏以纵队前进隘路,狭谷
defile n 1 :
a narrow pass (
especially one between mountains ) [
synonym :
{
defile }, {
gorge }]
v 1 :
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon ; "
sully someone '
s reputation " [
synonym : {
defile }, {
sully }, {
corrupt }, {
taint },
{
cloud }]
2 :
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 }]
3 :
spot ,
stain ,
or pollute ; "
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it " [
synonym : {
foul }, {
befoul },
{
defile }, {
maculate }]
Defile \
De *
file "\ (
d [-
e ]*
f [
imac ]
l "),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Defiled } (
d [-
e ]*
f [
imac ]
ld ");
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Defiling }.]
[
F .
d ['
e ]
filer ;
pref .
d ['
e ]-,
for des - (
L .
dis -)
file a row or line .
See {
File }
a row .]
To march off in a line ,
file by file ;
to file off .
[
1913 Webster ]
Defile \
De *
file "\,
v .
t . (
Mil .)
Same as {
Defilade }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Defile \
De *
file "\ (
d [-
e ]*
f [
imac ]
l "
or d [=
e ]"
f [
imac ]
l ;
277 ),
n .
[
Cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
fil ['
e ],
fr .
d ['
e ]
filer to defile .]
1 .
Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file ,
or with a narrow front ;
a long ,
narrow pass between hills ,
rocks ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mil .)
The act of defilading a fortress ,
or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior .
See {
Defilade }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Defile \
De *
file "\ (
d [-
e ]*
f [
imac ]
l "),
v .
t . [
OE .
defoulen ,
-
foilen ,
to tread down ,
OF .
defouler ;
de -
fouler to trample (
see {
Full },
v .
t .),
and OE .
defoulen to foul (
influenced in form by the older verb defoilen ).
See {
File }
to defile ,
{
Foul }, {
Defoul }.]
1 .
To make foul or impure ;
to make filthy ;
to dirty ;
to befoul ;
to pollute .
[
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They that touch pitch will be defiled . --
Shak .
[
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2 .
To soil or sully ;
to tarnish ,
as reputation ;
to taint .
[
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He is . . .
among the greatest prelates of this age ,
however his character may be defiled by . . .
dirty hands . --
Swift .
[
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3 .
To injure in purity of character ;
to corrupt .
[
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Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt .
--
Ezek .
xx .
7 .
[
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4 .
To corrupt the chastity of ;
to debauch ;
to violate ;
to rape .
[
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The husband murder '
d and the wife defiled . --
Prior .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To make ceremonially unclean ;
to pollute .
[
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That which dieth of itself ,
or is torn with beasts ,
he shall not eat to defile therewith . --
Lev .
xxii .
8 .
[
1913 Webster ]
271 Moby Thesaurus words for "
defile ":
abuse ,
abysm ,
abyss ,
access ,
adulterate ,
afflict ,
aggrieve ,
aisle ,
alley ,
alloy ,
ambulatory ,
aperture ,
arcade ,
arroyo ,
artery ,
attaint ,
avenue ,
backpack ,
befoul ,
benasty ,
besmear ,
besmirch ,
bespatter ,
betray ,
bewitch ,
blacken ,
blight ,
blot ,
blow upon ,
bottleneck ,
box canyon ,
brand ,
breach ,
break ,
call names ,
canal ,
canker ,
canyon ,
cavity ,
censure ,
channel ,
chap ,
chasm ,
cheapen ,
check ,
chimney ,
chink ,
cleft ,
cleuch ,
cloister ,
clough ,
coarsen ,
col ,
colonnade ,
communication ,
condemn ,
conduit ,
confound ,
connection ,
contaminate ,
convert ,
corridor ,
corrupt ,
coulee ,
couloir ,
covered way ,
crack ,
cranny ,
crevasse ,
crevice ,
cut ,
cwm ,
damage ,
debase ,
debauch ,
deceive ,
defalcate ,
defame ,
deflorate ,
deflower ,
degenerate ,
degrade ,
dell ,
demoralize ,
denature ,
denigrate ,
deprave ,
desecrate ,
despoil ,
destroy ,
devalue ,
dike ,
dirty ,
disadvantage ,
disapprove ,
discolor ,
dishonor ,
disparage ,
disserve ,
distort ,
distress ,
ditch ,
divert ,
do a mischief ,
do evil ,
do ill ,
do wrong ,
do wrong by ,
donga ,
doom ,
draw ,
embezzle ,
engage in personalities ,
envenom ,
excavation ,
exit ,
expose ,
expose to infamy ,
fault ,
ferry ,
file ,
file off ,
fissure ,
flaw ,
flume ,
footslog ,
force ,
ford ,
foul ,
fracture ,
furrow ,
gallery ,
gap ,
gape ,
gash ,
get into trouble ,
gibbet ,
go on parade ,
goose -
step ,
gorge ,
groove ,
gulch ,
gulf ,
gully ,
hang in effigy ,
harass ,
harm ,
heap dirt upon ,
hex ,
hike ,
hole ,
hurt ,
impair ,
incision ,
infect ,
injure ,
inlet ,
interchange ,
intersection ,
isthmus ,
jinx ,
joint ,
junction ,
kloof ,
lane ,
lead astray ,
leak ,
maladminister ,
maltreat ,
march ,
march past ,
menace ,
mess ,
mess up ,
misapply ,
misappropriate ,
misemploy ,
mishandle ,
mislead ,
mismanage ,
mistreat ,
misuse ,
moat ,
molest ,
muckrake ,
mush ,
narrow ,
narrows ,
nasty ,
neck ,
notch ,
nullah ,
opening ,
outlet ,
outrage ,
overpass ,
parade ,
pass ,
passage ,
passageway ,
peculate ,
persecute ,
pervert ,
pilfer ,
pillory ,
play havoc with ,
play hob with ,
poison ,
pollute ,
portico ,
prejudice ,
profane ,
promenade ,
prostitute ,
railroad tunnel ,
rape ,
ravage ,
ravine ,
ravish ,
rent ,
reprimand ,
revile ,
rift ,
rime ,
ruin ,
rupture ,
savage ,
scathe ,
scissure ,
seam ,
seduce ,
shame ,
slit ,
slot ,
slur ,
smear ,
smirch ,
soil ,
split ,
spoil ,
stain ,
stigmatize ,
strait ,
sully ,
taint ,
tar ,
tarnish ,
threaten ,
throat ,
throw mud at ,
torment ,
torture ,
traject ,
trajet ,
tramp ,
trench ,
tunnel ,
twist ,
ulcerate ,
underpass ,
valley ,
vilify ,
violate ,
vitiate ,
void ,
vulgarize ,
wadi ,
warp ,
wound ,
wreak havoc on ,
wrong
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