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To disfigure something is to spoil the appearance it naturally has. A burn may disfigure a face; a mine may disfigure a ; vandals may disfigure a statue by breaking the nose. The damage is to looks, and it is usually lasting, not a smudge you wipe off. Though actually, the word is strong and rather formal. We would not say a bad haircut disfigured someone — that would sound too grave. People use it for bodies, but also for places, buildings, and landscapes. It is not “draw a figure ,” even though figure is sitting inside the word. Figure here is shape and form; to disfigure is to wreck that shape.
毀容；破壞外觀、破壞景觀
組成from Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer: des-/dis- (undo, spoil) + figure (shape, form)
同家族的字
- figureshape or form; to disfigure is to spoil that shape
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disfigureverb/dɪsˈfɪɡə/
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to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.
- His face was disfigured by a terrible fire many years ago, leaving deep scars across his crooked nose.
- The North British Railway was always anxious to connect its line to Helensburgh Pier but the local residents would not permit their foreshore or promenade to be disfigured, so the company had to resort further east and on May 18, 1882, opened the railway pier and station at Craigendoran.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。