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befouled

/bih-foul/US // bɪˈfaʊl //UK // (bɪˈfaʊl) //

污秽的,被污染的,污秽不堪,污秽

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest.

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Examples

  • For the past three weeks, beginning with the Cory Booker-befouled Bain week, Mitt Romney has been getting essentially a free ride.

  • She had come in to refit, for her bottom was much befouled by a long cruise, which had been successful.

  • Ezra Prentiss, weary and covered with dust, cleaned his befouled rifle and sighed.

  • Forth he plucked it, and thrust it to them across the stains of wine and oil that befouled their table.

  • I went below to help him up—and it was sad to see so great a man in so brave a livery so befouled!

  • The maid had snatched the kimono, also befouled, from the handle of the door and threw it round her mistress.