graffito
graffito — noun
1. a single drawing, name, or message that someone writes or scratches on a wall or
a single drawing, name, or message that someone writes or scratches on a wall or other public surface, often without official permission
A faded graffito on the bridge wall showed a heart with two names inside.
countable use: a + graffito + on + surface + showed + content
Zola noticed a small graffito of a cat scratched into the old school desk.
The museum curator carefully photographed the ancient graffito before the wall was restored.
Chul-soo watched as a graffito of a tiger was spray-painted onto the wall in less than ten minutes.
Archaeologists discovered a Roman graffito carved into the stone floor of the temple.
- marking
much broader term; does not imply unauthorised wall writing
- inscription
more formal, often implies carved or official text rather than casual drawing
- tag
restricted to street-art culture; refers specifically to a stylised signature, not any image
文法句型
a + graffito
ancient + graffito
graffito + shows / depicts / reads
用法筆記
Graffito is the uncommon singular of graffiti. In everyday English, graffiti is treated as an uncountable mass noun (e.g., 'there was graffiti everywhere'). Use graffito only when referring to one specific marking, most often in archaeological or art-historical writing.