graffiti是什么意思

n. 墙上乱写乱画的东西（graffito的复数形式）

中文词源

graffiti 涂鸦

来自PIE*gerbh, 刮，刻，切，词源同carve,graph. 最早用于意大利庞培废墟发现的一些奇怪的雕刻，后词义通用化。

graffiti: graffiti: [19] Although it denotes ‘writing’, graffiti has no etymological connection with Greek gráphein, source of English graphic. It comes from the plural of Italian graffito, a diminutive form of the noun graffio ‘scratching’. This was derived from the verb graffiare ‘scratch’, itself originally formed from graffio ‘hook’.
graffiti (n.): 1851, "ancient wall inscriptions found in the ruins of Pompeii," from Italian graffiti, plural of graffito "a scribbling," a diminutive formation from graffio "a scratch or scribble," from graffiare "to scribble," ultimately from Greek graphein "to scratch, draw, write" (see -graphy). They are found in many ancient places, but the habit was especially popular among the Romans. Sense extended 1877 to recently made crude drawings and scribbling in public places.

1. graphic => graph- "scratch, draw, write" => graffiti.

1. Buildings old and new are thickly covered with graffiti.: 新老建筑上都有密密麻麻的涂鸦。

2. There's no vandalism, no graffiti, no rubbish left lying about.: 没有损害公共财物的行为，也没有涂鸦和随处丢弃的垃圾。