maculate

verb

1. spot, stain, or pollute

e.g. The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it

Synonym: foulbefouldefile

2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air
also used metaphorically

e.g. The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man

Synonym: tarnishstainsullydefile

maculate在线翻译

adj

1. spotted or blotched

2. morally blemished
stained or impure

Synonym: defiled

1. maculate的反义词

1. 污点：命令变成大炮(ordnance),分开如此不和谐(dissonance),牛的细微差别(nuance)用树皮(bark),做方舟(ark),蛇在公园玩火花(spark),一只百灵(lark嬉耍戏弄)车担忧(cark)表达清楚有艺术(articulate),骂人有污点(maculate)试验的木板(slab),

2. 有斑点的：macular 有斑点的 | maculate 有斑点的 | maculation 污点

3. 弄污：lurk#藏躲 | maculate#弄污 | maim#使残废

4. 使有污点：macula 黑点 | maculate 使有污点 | maculatesplotch 使有斑点