smash
vt. 粉碎；使破产；溃裂
n. 破碎；扣球；冲突；大败
vi. 粉碎；打碎
adj. 了不起的；非常轰动的；出色的
英文词源
- 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").
中文解释
1、smack + mash.2. sm- (small) + ash. 被打碎、破碎成很小的灰烬。分析：sm——“神秘”的拼音首字母；ash——灰。记忆：这个神秘的东西被打的粉碎，成为一堆灰烬了。
实用例句
- 1. He was near to death after a car smash.
- 他差点在一场撞车事故中丧命。
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- 2. Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.
- 他们的轿车和一辆铰接式货车迎面相撞了。
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- 3. The demonstrators used trucks to smash through embassy gates.
- 示威者用卡车撞开了使馆大门。
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- 4. They got a battering ram to smash down the door.
- 他们用一个大木槌把门撞破了。
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- 5. The crowd tried to smash down the door of the police station.
- 人群试图撞倒警察局的大门。
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