smash
英 [sm??]
美 [sm??]
- vt. 粉碎；使破產；潰裂
- n. 破碎；扣球；沖突；大敗
- vi. 粉碎；打碎
- adj. 了不起的；非常轟動的；出色的
助記提示
1、smack + mash.
2. sm- (small) + ash. 被打碎、破碎成很小的灰燼。
分析：sm——“神秘”的拼音首字母；ash——灰。
記憶：這個神秘的東西被打的粉碎，成為一堆灰燼了。
英文詞源
- smash (v.)
- 1759, "break to pieces," earlier "kick downstairs" (c. 1700), probably of imitative origin (compare smack (v.), mash (v.), crush (v.)). Meaning "act with crushing force" is from 1813; that of "strike violently" is from 1835. Tennis sense is from 1882. Smash-and-grab (adj.) is first attested 1927.
- smash (n.)
- 1725, "hard blow," from smash (v.). Meaning "broken-up condition" is from 1798; that of "failure, financial collapse" is from 1839. Tennis sense is from 1882. Meaning "great success" is from 1923 ("Variety" headline, Oct. 16, in reference to Broadway productions of "The Fool" and "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly").
雙語例句
- 1. He was near to death after a car smash.
- 他差點在一場撞車事故中喪命。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.
- 他們的轎車和一輛鉸接式貨車迎面相撞了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The demonstrators used trucks to smash through embassy gates.
- 示威者用卡車撞開了使館大門。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They got a battering ram to smash down the door.
- 他們用一個大木槌把門撞破了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The crowd tried to smash down the door of the police station.
- 人群試圖撞倒警察局的大門。
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