動(dòng)詞 erase:

1. remove from memory or existence
   同義詞：wipe out
2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
   同義詞：rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
3. wipe out magnetically recorded information
   同義詞：delete

1. Also, access a full-screen menu, such as call, will erase the snapshot from memory.
   同樣進(jìn)入全屏菜單，如Call, 也會(huì)從內(nèi)存中刪除快照。
2. Had to erase all thoughts of failure from his mind.
   必須抹去他頭腦中所有有關(guān)失敗的記憶
3. He erases pencil marks.
   他擦去鉛筆的痕跡。
4. She couldn't erase the incident from her memory.
   她難以忘記那次事件。

e.rase

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
e.rased,e.ras.ing,e.ras.es

To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
擦掉，抹掉：通過(guò)用橡皮涂抹或刮除（寫(xiě)的字跡或圖形等）
To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium:
刪除：從磁帶或其它存儲(chǔ)介質(zhì)上消除掉（記錄的信息）：
例句：
erased a file from the diskette.
從磁盤(pán)上清除掉一個(gè)文件

To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example):
除去記錄：（從磁帶或磁盤(pán)等上）去掉記錄的信息：
例句：
erased the videocassette.
清洗錄像帶

To remove all traces of.
擦凈：消除…所有的痕跡
To remove or destroy as if by wiping out:
使忘卻：象涂抹掉一樣消除、消滅：
例句：
had to erase all thoughts of failure from his mind.
必須抹去他頭腦中所有有關(guān)失敗的記憶

來(lái)源：
Latin ôr3dere ôr3s- [to scratch out]
拉丁語(yǔ) ôr3dere ôr3s- [刮掉]
ô-, ex- [ex-]
ô-, ex- [前綴，表.免除，離開(kāi).]
r3dere [to scrape] * see rôd-
r3dere [刮落] *參見(jiàn) rôd-

【引伸】
eras.abil.ity
n.（名詞）
eras.able
adj.（形容詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>erase,expunge,efface,delete,cancelThese verbs mean to remove or invalidate something, especially something recorded as by having been written down. Toerase is to wipe or rub out, literally or figuratively:
這些動(dòng)詞都表示消除，使某事（特別是通過(guò)寫(xiě)下來(lái)記錄的事）無(wú)效、消失。erase 指確實(shí)地或比喻意義上的涂抹掉、擦除掉：
例句：
erased the equation from the blackboard.
擦掉黑板上的等式。

例句：
Unconsciousness erased the details of the accident from her memory.
昏迷抹掉了她對(duì)事故細(xì)節(jié)的記憶。

Expunge implies thoroughgoing removal that leaves no trace:
Expunge 指徹底清除不留痕跡：
例句：
expunged their names from the list.
把他們的名字從名單上刪掉。

Efface also refers to the removal of every trace:
Efface 也指除去每一痕跡：
例句：
effacing graffiti from subway cars;
除掉地鐵車(chē)廂上的亂涂污跡；

例句：
tried to efface prejudice from his mind.
試圖使他忘掉偏見(jiàn)。

Delete is used principally in the sense of removing matter from a manuscript:
Delete 主要用來(lái)表示從手稿中刪除事物：
例句：
The expletives were deleted from the transcript.
咒罵部分被從手稿中刪除。

Cancel refers to invalidating by or as if by drawing lines through something written or by indicating that the force or effect of something has been terminated:
Cancel 是通過(guò)或如同通過(guò)在某物上劃線表示刪除、消去或者通過(guò)說(shuō)明某物的力量或效力已經(jīng)結(jié)束而消除：
例句：
a postage stamp that had been canceled;
一張被蓋郵戳的郵票；

例句：
cancel vows;
取消誓約；

例句：
cancel a debt.
消掉一筆帳