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VERB
蝕刻;鑿刻
If a line or pattern is etched into a surface, it is cut into the surface by means of acid or a sharp tool. You can also say that a surface is etched with a line or pattern.
例句
Crosses were etched into the walls...
墻壁上刻著十字架。
The acid etched holes in the crystal surface...
那種酸在晶體表面蝕刻出一些小孔。
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VERB
使表現在臉上；使流露
If you say that feelings are etched on someone's face, you mean that the person is very strongly affected by them, and you can see this in their appearance.
例句
His grief was etched into every line of his face...
他一臉悲傷。
Every line etched on her face told a story of personal anguish.
她臉上的每條皺紋都講述了一次痛苦的經歷。
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V-PASSIVE
使銘記在心;使刻骨銘心
If something is etched on your memory, you remember it very clearly, usually because it has some special importance for you.
例句
The ugly scene in the study was still etched in her mind...
書房里丑陋的一幕在她腦海中依舊清晰。
This stark image will remain etched in the memory of a generation of Berliners.
這種荒涼的景象將深深銘刻在一代柏林人的記憶中。