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erase /ɪˈres, ||ˈrez/
(vt.)抹去,擦掉
erase
刪除; 消除; 清除
erase
抹除 擦除
E·rase v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.]
1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
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erase
v 1: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the
Armenians in 1915" [syn: wipe out]
2: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the
formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: rub out,
score out, efface, wipe off]
3: wipe out magnetically recorded information [syn: delete]
[ant: record]