smear: [OE] Smear comes from a prehistoric Germanic *smerwjan, which also produced German schmieren, Dutch smeren, Swedish sm?rja, and Danish sm?re. The Swedish and Danish words for ‘butter’, sm?r and sm?r, come from the same source (the former is the first element in the compound sm?rg?sbord ‘opensandwich table’, literally ‘butter goose table’, from which English gets smorgasbord [19]). Also closely related are Irish smir ‘marrow’ and Greek smúris ‘polishing powder’ (source of English emery [15]). => emery, smorgasbord
smear (n.)
"mark or stain left by smearing," 1610s, from smear (v.). Sense of "small quantity prepared for microscopic examination" is from 1903. Meaning "a quantity of cream cheese, etc., smeared on a bagel" is by 1999, from Yiddish shmir. The earliest noun sense in English is "fat, grease, ointment" (c. 1200), from Old English had smeoru "fat, grease," cognate with Middle Dutch smere, Dutch smeer, German Schmer "grease, fat" (Yiddish schmir), Danish sm?r, Swedish sm?r "butter."
smear (v.)
Old English smerian, smierwan "to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *smerwjan "to spread grease on" (cognates: Old Norse smyrja "to anoint, rub with ointment," Danish sm?re, Swedish sm?rja, Dutch smeren, Old High German smirwen "apply salve, smear," German schmieren "to smear;" Old Norse sm?r "butter"), from PIE *smeru- "grease" (cognates: Greek myron "unguent, balsam," Old Irish smi(u)r "marrow," Old English smeoru "fat, grease, ointment, tallow, lard, suet," Lithuanian smarsas "fat").
Figurative sense of "assault a public reputation with unsubstantiated charges" is from 1879. Related: Smeared; smearing. Smear-word, one used regardless of its literal meaning but invested with invective, is from 1938.
雙語例句
1. Smear Vaseline on to your baby's skin to prevent soreness.
給孩子皮膚上抹些凡士林以防止腫痛。
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2. There was a smear of gravy on his chin.
他的下巴上粘著肉汁。
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3. Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl.
在色拉碗的內壁上抹一點橄欖油。
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4. The cervical smear test is a lifesaver.
宮頸涂片檢查能夠幫上大忙。
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5. He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.