Smear



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解释

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• n.油渍, 污点; v.弄脏, 玷污
• ［英］ n.油渍, 污点 ( a spot) ; v.弄脏, 玷污 ( overspread sth. unctuous, viscous, or adhesive )
• ［例］ a face smeared with dirt／smears of paint on the wallpaper

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English smere, from Old English smeoru; akin to Old High German smero grease and probably to Old Irish smiur marrow
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a viscous or sticky substance
  • b. a spot made by or as if by an unctuous or adhesive substance
• 2. material smeared on a surface (as of a microscopic slide); also a preparation made by smearing material on a surface <a vaginal smear>
• 3. a usually unsubstantiated charge or accusation against a person or organization — often used attributively<a smear campaign><a smear job>

II. transitive verb

• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive ; daub <smeared the paper with glue>
  • b. to spread over a surface
• 2.
  • a. to stain, smudge, or dirty by or as if by smearing
  • b. sully, besmirch; specifically to vilify especially by secretly and maliciously spreading grave charges and imputations
• 3. to obliterate, obscure, blur, blend, wipe out, or defeat by or as if by smearing
• ? smearer noun

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