名詞 graffito:

1. a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
   同義詞：graffiti

graf.fi.to

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 graf.fi.ti[-tô] 【用法疑難】
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.
涂鴉：在墻或其他表面上創(chuàng)作的畫或銘刻，通常為了讓公眾觀看，常用復(fù)數(shù)形式

來源：
Italian [diminutive of] graffio [a scratching, scribble]
意大利語 [] graffio的小后綴 [涂鴉]
probably from graffiare [to scratch, scribble]
可能源自 graffiare [亂涂，亂畫]
probably from Vulgar Latin *graphi3re [to write with a stylus]
可能源自 俗拉丁語 *graphi3re [用尖筆寫]
from Latin graphium [stylus]
源自 拉丁語 graphium [尖筆]
from Greek grapheion, graphion
源自 希臘語 grapheion, graphion
from graphein [to write] * see gerbh-
源自 graphein [寫] *參見 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.
基于意大利語的復(fù)數(shù)形式graffiti 遠(yuǎn)比單數(shù)形式 graffito更普遍。 Graffiti常用作單數(shù)名詞。 當(dāng)意指一特定涂鴉物（如在墻上有一處下流的涂鴉 中）， graffito 的形式在詞形變化上是正確的， 但可能會(huì)在古文化語境外使一些人顯得迂腐。graffiti 的單數(shù)作物質(zhì)名詞使用來指涂鴉的總稱或相應(yīng)的社會(huì)現(xiàn)象時(shí)，是沒有替代詞的。 句子：涂鴉是公共交通警察局遇到的主要難題 ， 不能用Graffito is … 來替換（因?yàn)?graffito 只能指一具體的涂鴉）或用 Graffiti are … 來替換， 因其意指警察的問題只涉及存在的標(biāo)記而不是破壞公物的大問題。在這些語境中，graffiti 作為單數(shù)形式的使用是被廣泛使用的先例所證實(shí)的