drawings or writing on a wall, etc. in a public place（公共场所墙上等处的）涂鸦，胡写乱画- The subway was covered in graffiti.地下通道里涂满了乱七八糟的图画和文字。🔊🔊
- Someone had scrawled graffiti all over the school walls.有人在学校墙壁上乱涂乱画。
- a fashionable graffiti artist时髦的涂鸦艺术家
In Italian graffiti is a plural noun and the singular form is graffito. In English, the form graffito is very rare. The form graffiti may be considered plural and used with a plural verb: There were graffiti everywhere. However, it is more often considered as an uncountable noun like writing and used with a singular verb: There was graffiti everywhere. Extra Examples- Racist graffiti was sprayed on the walls.墙上喷涂有种族主义的标语。
- The buildings were covered with graffiti.建筑物上满是涂鸦。
Topics Artb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of graffitiverb + graffitigraffiti + nounSee full entry Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Italian (plural), from graffio ‘a scratch’.