graffiti

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ldoce_140_agraf·fi·ti /ɡræˈfiːti, ɡrə-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]  WRITErude, humorous, or political writing and pictures on the walls of buildings, trains etc 〔墙、火车等上面的〕涂鸦，乱涂乱画 The walls are daubed with graffiti. 墙上满是乱七八糟的涂鸦。 →5  See picture of GRAFFITI 涂鸦 →4  See picture of 见图 graffiti

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graffiti• Two Civic Patrol officers will work with the community to combat litter and graffiti.• And spare me his pledge to eliminate graffiti.• Do you think of yourself as a latent graffiti artist?• Reminds me of a piece of graffiti outside Saint Martin-in the-Fields.• Other racial graffiti has been found on campus as well.• The other was the target of threatening racial graffiti.• They saw graffiti on important public memorials and they saw running battles with the police.• The corridors are very dirty, and the walls are covered with graffiti.• Public School 45 is closed, the windows boarded up, the walls defaced with graffiti.Origin graffiti (1800-1900) Italian graffiare “to make marks in a surface”

graf·fi·ti nounChineseSyllable  

of humorous, Corpus walls or political the pictures rude, and on writing

graffiti
graf‧fi‧ti /ɡræˈfiːti, ɡrə-/ noun [uncountable]rude, humorous, or political writing and pictures on the walls of buildings, trains etc:
    The walls are daubed with graffiti.

graf·fitiBrE /ɡrəˈfiːti/ 🔊NAmE /ɡrəˈfiːti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, plural] drawings or writing on a wall, etc. in a public place （公共场所墙上等处的）涂鸦，胡写乱画◆The subway was covered in graffiti. 地下通道里涂满了乱七八糟的图画和文字。🔊🔊