erase: [17] Like abrade, rascal, rase and razor, erase comes ultimately from Latin rādere ‘scrape’. This formed the basis of a compound verb ērādere ‘scrape out, scrape off’ (its first element is the Latin prefix ex- ‘out’). Eraser ‘rubber’ seems to be a 19th-century coinage. => abrade, rascal, rase, razor
erase (v.)
c. 1600, from Latin erasus, past participle of eradere "scrape out, scrape off, shave; abolish, remove," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + radere "to scrape" (see raze). Of magnetic tape, from 1945. Related: Erased; erasing.
雙語例句
1. She tried to erase the memory of that evening.
她試圖忘卻那天晚上的事。
來自《權威詞典》
2. He tried to erase the idea from his mind.
他試圖從頭腦中抹掉這個想法.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Make light pencil lines so that they will erase easily.
劃鉛筆線要淺些,便于擦掉.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. Nothing can erase the incident from his memory.