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graffiti

/gruh-fee-tee/US // grəˈfi ti //UK // (ɡræˈfiːtiː) //

涂鸦,涂鸭式,涂鸭式的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : plural of graffito.
    • : markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline.
    • : such markings as a whole or as constituting a particular group: Not much graffiti appears around here these days.

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Examples

  • Among other things, the officers serve on a violent crimes task force, a graffiti strike force and maintain local CalGang data files, a state database with its share of problems.

  • Over the years, it has mostly come in the form of political cartoons, music, graffiti and sketch shows.

  • This phenomenon—which occurred only at the break of dawn—sparked a tourist craze, and visitors left ancient Yelp reviews in the form of graffiti on the statue’s base.

  • Some protest graffiti, however, have been blurred out on the Street View map.

  • Hip-hop, the superset that included break-dancing and graffiti art and picked up where disco left off, hit hard and Jackson earned a second — hell, third — life being sampled.

  • Small rooms off its graffiti-covered foyer provide shelter from the thick rain that can unexpectedly, and vengefully, hit.

  • Graffiti was borne out of the South Bronx streets as one of the key pillars of the hip-hop movement.

  • The amount of graffiti on such a wall would depend on the commitment of its defenders.

  • In early September 2014 residence of Mashhad city in northeastern iran reported graffiti hailing ISIS.

  • Three stray dogs saunter out of our way as we turn into a residential area lined with trailers and graffiti-sprayed stop signs.

  • I liked Mission graffiti; a lot of the times, it came in huge, luscious murals, or sarcastic art-student stencils.

  • Some excellent examples of graffiti work decorate part of the wall.

  • The topmost which forms the platform in front of the faade is inlaid with graffiti designs in black and other colours.

  • The pavement of the whole cathedral is composed of graffiti in coloured marble pictures.

  • Graffiti is an irreverent form, with strong popular and anti-establishment elements.