fa ) : We set off at a smartish pace.
0
You’d better move smartish. fAII#?‘l&—-®0
the 'smart money noun [U] 1 money
that is invested or bet by people who have expert knowledge fj &
(
§5clfr&n) : It seems the smart money is no longer in insurance (= is
no longer being invested in insurance companies). f£[ A A ik &
O
The smart money is on him for the best actor award, AWiA 2 people
who
have expert knowledge of sth If ikftl iH ftfj A; ft#; The smart money says that he’s likely to
withdraw from the leadership campaign, IgAll# #-&, fife
'smart quotes noun [pi.] (computing if) quotation marks
which are typed using the same key, but which look different on screen or when
printed, depending on whether they open or close the words that are being
quoted
smarts /smaits; NAmE smairts/ noun [U] (NAmE, informal) intelligence WE; She made it to the top on
her smarts. U
smarty-pants noun = smart
alec
smash 0-w /smaejj verb, noun
• verb
►
BREAK tl
1
to break sth, or to be broken, violently
and
noisily into many pieces ( JTSJl,
5$;
[VN] Several windows had been smashed. Jl Ji f| 0 He smashed the
radio to pieces, fife Aft if'} — r fE m #1 W # M
E.£ „ 0 [V] The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces. — r WT fa'
Wo
►
HIT VERY HARD U./H4>111
2 to move with a lot of
force against sth solid; to make sth do this ( {£ ) SHHS,
: [V + adv./prep.] the sound of waves
smashing against the rocks /I f# ffi If xtr fit A M W W 0 The car
smashed into a tree, TW±0
0 [VN] Mark
smashed his fist down on the desk. Sj M. ifeffiH A 5® o note
at crash 3
[+adv./prep.] to hit sth very hard and break it, in order to get through
it ( if] f} ) H ff, W, PU il: [VN] They had to smash holes in
the ice. fifeOH#? #K±iMo 0 The
elephant smashed
its way through the trees. AI^HiAlLH, 0
[VN-ADJ]
We had to smash the door open. f^ff] RfffB AfE I'lUJFo 0 [V] They had
smashed through a glass door to get in. fifetf]fiffi — itS#1 H M A 7
= 4 [VN] to hit sth/sb very hard d} 0321 slam : He smashed the
ball into the goal fa- Jmr.o
►
DESTROY/DEFEAT A A: ffjilfc 5 [VN]
to destroy, defeat or
put
an end to sth/sb OTt; Police
say they have smashed a major drugs ring. WAi&flfefNfS
0 She has smashed the world record
(= broken it by a large amount).
►
CRASH VEHICLE j ii A 6 [VN] ~ sth (up) to crash a vehicle Hii& ( Affi ) : He’s
smashed (up) his new car. ftfefE g B ^iiAli^To o note at crash
►
IN TENNIS, ETC. [«] 1$ A 7 [VN] to hit a high ball downwards and
very hard over the net tTi^jEEJ^; fB^
.smash
sth~‘down to
make sth fall down by hitting it hard and breaking it ( j% ft ) Sj
f&J, JT Si: The police had to smash the door down. ffiA„ .smash sth^’in to make a hole in sth
by hitting it with a lot of force ( ®]A ) HJA:
Vandals had
smashed the door in. if- ft A fE fl IS fi£ T „ 0 (informal)
1
wanted to smash his face in (= hit him hard in
the
face).
% H He M SI ffi fife fa J& tT M„ .smash sth~’up to destroy sth
deliberately ( WM. ) ®£iA: Youths
had broken into the bar and smashed the place up. — ¥&AiW«ne, fESMTASLA/Uto
■ noun
►
ACT OF BREAKING W; W 1 [sing.]
an act of breaking
sth
noisily into pieces; the sound this makes 5$; fl 5?; The cup hit the floor with
a smash. W¥Wmfa±ty'&-?WWT o
►
VEHICLE CRASH IS A 2 [C]
{BrE) an accident in which a
vehicle hits another vehicle HA: a car smash ft ASiii
IN TENNIS,
ETC. |#]
A A 3
[C] a way of hitting the ball downwards and very hard i^JEEI^c;
1897
►
SONG/MOVIE/PLAY gfeft; AiA 4 (also .smash 'hit) [C] a song, film/movie or
play that is very popular -fjf
ft
A ( AM'] ) : her latest chart smash
smash-and- grab adj. [only before noun] (BrE) relating to the act
of stealing from a shop/store by breaking a window and taking the goods you can
see or reach easily : a
smash-and-grab raid
smashed /smaejt/ adj. [not before noun] (slang)
very
drunk AS?
smash er /'smaeja(r)/ noun (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) a very good or attractive person or thing
til#?(ft A;
mmjA;
smash ing /'smaejiq/ adj. (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)
smash-up noun (informal) a crash in which vehicles are very badly
damaged
smat
ter ing /'smaetariq/
noun [sing.] ~ (of sth) a small amount of sth, especially
knowledge of a language ( ft M m ) : He only has a smattering of
French. faRW—mM0 smear /smia(r); NAmE
smir/ verb, noun m verb 1 [VN] ~ sth on/over sth | ~ sth with sth to
spread an oily or soft substance
over a surface in a rough or careless way ( # ffcfA H #1M ) M 3L
^ W 033 daub : The children had smeared mud on the walls. 2$ 0 The children had
smeared the walls with mud. g|5/l^Af±i#±HTME0 2 [VN] to make sth dirty or greasy # J® ; # ± : His
glasses were smeared. o smeared windows
K
T W ® P 3 [VN] to damage sb’s
reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that are not true i][ \%;
HTTI slander: The story was an attempt to smear the
party leader.
4
to rub writing, a drawing, etc. so that it is no longer clear; to become not
clear in this way , Si®
)»*#$#!*?*; S33 SMUDGE: [VN]
The last few words of the letter were smeared, it
ffiSkfEi taisov]
■
noun 1 an oily or dirty mark ?5 Hi; It; : a
smear of jam H o note at mark 2 a story that is
not
true about sb that is intended to damage their reputation, especially in
politics ( fttfai) HU, 5.: He was a victim of a smear
campaign. M
3
(BrE) = smear test
smear test (also smear, .cervical ’smear) (all BrE) (NAmE
’Pap smear) noun a medical test in
which a very small amount of tissue
from a woman’s cervix is removed
and examined for cancer cells ( A $3
mm, )
smegma
/’smegma/
noun [u] (medical E) a substance produced in the
folds of the skin, especially under the FORESKIN (TO; ( AH )
smell
O-w/smel/
verb, noun
m verb (smelled,
smelled) (BrE also smelt, smelt /smelt/) 1 ~ (of sth) to have a particular smell W ( s3cA<±J-,)- "-^
vfc : [V-ADJ] The room smelt damp. M A S. # ?$i H» 0
Dinner smells good. o a bunch of
sweet-smelling flowers - ^ i t i t f ^ It O
[V] His breath smelt of garlic, fa Bj| M W H % 0 0 What does the perfume smell like? # # 7X
S A fa A 0^ it ? 2 [no
passive] (not used in the
progressive tenses; often with can or could AfflAiffiffW; can could gffl) to
notice
or recognize a particular smell fij,
nif'J ( H
)
: [VN] He said he could smell gas when he entered the room, fa- jtSUft
iM 3\ 7 %flc 0
0 The dog had smelt a rabbit. 3ij 7 A ^ H Vfc» O I could
smell
alcohol on his breath, H % fl] -ftfe Bf tyl
A W'® H 0 [VN - ing] Can you
smell something burning?
7 ? [also V (that)] 3 [VN] (not usually used in the passive A$E^i£i&) to put your nose near
sth
and breathe in so that you can discover or identify its smell |if, n| ( ) ^771 sniff: Smell this and
tell me what you think it is. fAS—T&A,
Jl
ft* 'A o o I bent down
to smell the flowers. ^ T M 1*9