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efface

C2 verb

efface /əˈfeɪs/ nghĩa là xóa, tẩy

Các nghĩa

  1. xóa, tẩy

    To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

    transitive

    Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.

    An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting.

  2. làm biến mất, xóa bỏ

    To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

    transitive

    Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.

    The bright records of the last hour effaced all the darker traces left by long and weary days.

  3. tự hạ mình, khiêm nhường

    To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.

    intransitive

    Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness.

  4. mỏng đi và giãn ra (cổ tử cung)

    Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.

    intransitive

  5. có cổ tử cung mỏng đi và giãn ra

    Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.

    intransitive

    Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.

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