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单词 scarify
释义 scarify
 —scarifier,  n.  
 /skar"euh fuy'/, v.t., scarified, scarifying.
  1. to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
  2. to lacerate by severe criticism.
  3. to loosen (the soil) with a type of cultivator.
  4. to hasten the sprouting of (hard-covered seeds) by making incisions in the seed coats.
  5. to break up (a road surface).
 [1400-50; late ME scarifie < MF scarifier < LL scarificare, alter. of L scarifare, scariphare to make scratches < Gk skariphâsthai to sketch, deriv. of skáriphos stylus; see -IFY]
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