deface /di'feis; di'fes/ vt [VP6A] spoil the appearance of (by marking or damaging the surface of); make engraved lettering (eg on a tombstone) illegible. 汚損或毀傷…的外表; 使(墓碑等的)碑文不易辨認(rèn)。 ~ment n [U] defacing or being ~d; [C] sth that ~s. (被)毀損外表; 毀損外表之物。