释义 |
befoul /bɪˈfaʊl /verb [with object]Make dirty; pollute: the dangers of letting industry befoul the environment...- This green and pleasant land in the Guardian argues similarly that it's about ‘a Britain that is either green and pleasant, made diligent by cottage industries, or befouled by factories’.
- The sink, the flush toilet, and the sewer literally formed a pipeline to the vilest contamination that befouled the city.
- Public decisions affect everyone by the nature of the choice itself: we can only have one defense budget; polluting rivers befouls not just my water, but yours.
Rhymesafoul, cowl, foul, fowl, growl, howl, jowl, owl, prowl, Rabaul, scowl, yowl |