with obj.
1- sully, mar, or spoil玷污, 损伤, 污损, 弄脏：
the land was defiled by a previous owner.
这土地都被前地主给糟踏了。
1.1
- desecrate or profane (something sacred)侮辱, 亵渎（圣物）：
the tomb had been defiled and looted.
这坟墓被亵渎盗掠了。
1.2
- archaic violate the chastity of (a woman)〈古〉玷污（妇女）。
派生词
defilement
noundefiler
noun词源
late Middle English: alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler 'trample down'， influenced by obsolete befile 'befoul， defile'.
/亦读ˈdiːfaɪl/
- a steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file)隘路, 狭径。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- archaic (of troops) march in single file〈古〉（部队）以单列纵队行进：
we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides.
我们成一路纵队从山腰走出来。
词源
late 17th cent.: from French défilé (noun)， défiler (verb)， from dé 'away from'+file 'column， file'.