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
- : 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.
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