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.
实用例句
1. She tried to erase the memory of that evening.
她试图忘却那天晚上的事。
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2. He tried to erase the idea from his mind.
他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法.
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3. Make light pencil lines so that they will erase easily.
划铅笔线要浅些,便于擦掉.
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4. Nothing can erase the incident from his memory.