Smudge



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.渍痕; v.弄脏
• ［英］ n.渍痕 ( a blurry spot or streak)
• ［类］ slur : speech / smudge : writing ( 含糊讲话 / ? 髌?
• ［例］ He smudged the paper with his dirty hands.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (smudged; smudging)

• Etymology: Middle English smogen
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make a smudge on
    • b. to soil as if by smudging
  • 2.
    • a. to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner
    • b. to make indistinct ; blur <smudged the writing>
  • 3. to smoke or protect by means of a smudge
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make a smudge
  • 2. to become smudged

II. noun

• Date: circa 1774
• 1.
  • a. a blurry spot or streak
  • b. an immaterial stain <cleanse him of every last smudge of impropriety — Richard Hanser>
  • c. an indistinct mass ; blur
• 2. a smoldering mass placed on the windward side (as to protect from frost)
• 3. a bid of four in pitch that if made wins the game
• ? smudgily adverb
• ? smudginess noun
• ? smudgy adjective

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