drawings or writing on a wall, etc. in a public place (公共场所墙上等处的)涂鸦,胡写乱画 The subway was covered in graffiti. 地下通道里涂满了乱七八糟的图画和文字。 Someone had scrawled graffiti all over the school walls. 有人在学校墙上乱涂乱画。 a fashionable graffiti artist 时髦的涂鸦艺术家
Extra ExamplesTopics Artb1Racist graffiti was sprayed on the walls. 墙上喷涂有种族主义的标语。 The buildings were covered with graffiti. 建筑物上满是涂鸦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- obscene
- offensive
- racist
- …
- piece
- daub
- scrawl
- spray
- …
- artist
- vandal
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Italian (plural), from graffio ‘a scratch’.