scarify

• vt. 在…上划痕；乱划；严厉批评

1. puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals;

"The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"

2. scratch the surface of;

"scarify seeds"

3. break up;

"scarify soil"

来自 scar,伤口，划伤，-fy,使。

1. The men in some African tribes scarify their faces.

某些非洲部落里的男人在脸上刻痕.

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2. Some African tribes scarify their faces.

一些非洲部落在脸上乱划.

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scarify (v.)

mid-15c., "make incisions in the bark of a tree," from Middle French scarifier "score, scrape" (leather or hide), 14c., from Late Latin scarificare (see scarification). The sense "cover with scars" (1680s) is a sense-shift from influence of scar (v.). Related: Scarified; scarifier; scarifying.