befoul
英 [bɪ'faʊl]
美[bɪ'faʊl]
- vt. 弄脏；诽谤
英英释义
- 1. spot, stain, or pollute;
- "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
英文词源
- befoul (v.)
- early 14c., from be- + foul (v.). Related: Befouled; befouling.
词态变化
第三人称单数: befouls;过去式: befouled;过去分词: befouled;现在分词: befouling;