graf.fi.to
n.（名词）【复数】 graf.fi.ti[-tô] 【用法疑难】 A drawing or an inscription made on a wall or other surface, usually so as to be seen by the public. Often used in the plural.涂鸦：在墙或其他表面上创作的画或铭刻，通常为了让公众观看，常用复数形式
来源：Italian [diminutive of] graffio [a scratching, scribble] 意大利语 [] graffio的小后缀 [涂鸦] probably from graffiare [to scratch, scribble] 可能源自 graffiare [乱涂，乱画] probably from Vulgar Latin *graphi3re [to write with a stylus] 可能源自 俗拉丁语 *graphi3re [用尖笔写] from Latin graphium [stylus] 源自 拉丁语 graphium [尖笔] from Greek grapheion, graphion 源自 希腊语 grapheion, graphion from graphein [to write] * see gerbh- 源自 graphein [写] *参见 gerbh-
The formgraffiti, based on the Italian plural, is far more common than the singular form graffito. Graffitiis often used as a singular noun. When the reference is to a particular inscription (as inThere was a bold graffiti on the wall ), the formgraffito would be etymologically correct but might strike some readers as pedantic outside an archaeological context.There is no substitute for the singular use ofgraffiti when the word is used as a mass noun to refer to inscriptions in general or to the related social phenomenon. The sentenceGraffiti is a major problem for the Transit Authority Police cannot be rewordedGraffito is . . . (since graffito can refer only to a particular inscription) or Graffiti are . . . , which suggests that the police problem involves only the physical marks and not the larger issue of vandalism.In such contexts,the use ofgraffiti as a singular is justified by both utility and widespread precedent. 基于意大利语的复数形式graffiti 远比单数形式 graffito更普遍。 Graffiti常用作单数名词。 当意指一特定涂鸦物（如在墙上有一处下流的涂鸦 中）， graffito 的形式在词形变化上是正确的， 但可能会在古文化语境外使一些人显得迂腐。graffiti 的单数作物质名词使用来指涂鸦的总称或相应的社会现象时，是没有替代词的。 句子：涂鸦是公共交通警察局遇到的主要难题 ， 不能用Graffito is … 来替换（因为 graffito 只能指一具体的涂鸦）或用 Graffiti are … 来替换， 因其意指警察的问题只涉及存在的标记而不是破坏公物的大问题。在这些语境中，graffiti 作为单数形式的使用是被广泛使用的先例所证实的
