释义 |
Adjective: exposed ik'spowzd- With no protection or shield
"the exposed northeast frontier" - open - Not covered with clothing
"her exposed breast" - uncovered Verb: expose ik'spowz- Expose or make accessible to some action or influence
"Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" - Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, divulge, break, give away, let out - To show, make visible or apparent
- exhibit, display - Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
"The man exposed himself in the subway" - uncover - Disclose to view as by removing a cover
- disclose - Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- queer, scupper, endanger, peril - Expose to light, of photographic film
- Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- debunk - Abandon by leaving out in the open air
"The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"
See also: exposé, exposure, unclothed, unprotected Type of: abandon, affect, bear on, bear upon, blackguard, bring out, desert, desolate, forsake, guy, impact, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, reveal, rib, ridicule, roast, show, subject, tell, touch, touch on, uncover, unveil Encyclopedia: Expose Exposed |