mar
verb/mɑː(r)/
/mɑːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mar | /mɑː(r)/ /mɑːr/ |
| he / she / it mars | /mɑːz/ /mɑːrz/ |
| past simple marred | /mɑːd/ /mɑːrd/ |
| past participle marred | /mɑːd/ /mɑːrd/ |
| -ing form marring | /ˈmɑːrɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːrɪŋ/ |
- mar something to damage something or make something less good or successful
破坏；毁坏；损毁；损害 - The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans.
喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
Extra Examples- A frown marred his handsome features.
皱眉让他的容貌显得不那么英俊了。 - The meal was marred only by the somewhat over-enthusiastic waiter.
只是有点过于热情的服务员破坏了这顿饭。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMar is used with these nouns as the subject:- frown
- violence
- beauty
- image
- …
Word OriginOld English merran ‘hinder, damage’, of Germanic origin; probably related to Dutch marren ‘loiter’. - The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans.