scarify /'skaenfai; 'skaera/ai/ vt (pt, pp -tied) [VP6A] 1 (in surgery) make small cuts in, cut off skin from. (外科)在上劃痕; 自…割去皮膚。 2 (fig) hurt by severe criticism. (喻)借嚴(yán)厲批薛以傷害。 3 loosen (the surface of the soil or a road) by using an agricultural tool or a machine with prongs. 用叉具或耙機(jī)弄松(土壤或道路的表面); 松(土)。