| 词汇 | smear |
| 释义 | smear verb uk /smɪər/ us /smɪr/ smearverb (SPREAD)[ Tusually+ adv/prep ] to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface: 涂抹（黏腻的东西） The children had smeared peanut butter all over the sofa.孩子们把花生酱抹得沙发上到处都是。 Can you explain why the front of your car is smeared with blood?你能解释一下为什么你的汽车前部沾有血迹吗？ Spreading and scattering all over the placeidiom bedaub bell bestrew billow dispersion disseminate distribution dotted around dredge dusting encroach on/upon something ramble rambling scattered scatteringly slap something on slather smudge sprinkle smearverb (ACCUSE)[ T ] to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation: 诽谤，污蔑 She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.这家报纸对她的私生活造谣诬蔑，她决定以诽谤罪起诉。 Damaging reputation anti-defamation aspersion besmirch black mark blacken blot defamatory defame demonize dog drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom hatchet job malign scurrility scurrilous scurrilously self-immolation show someone in a bad lightidiom slur tarnish smear noun[ C ] uk /smɪər/ us /smɪr/ smearnoun[C] (SPREAD)a dirty mark made by spreading a liquid or a thick substance over a surface: （将某种液体或稠厚物质涂在表面上形成的）污点 You'd look very stylish if it wasn't for that smear of ketchup on your shirt.如果不是裙子上那抹西红柿酱的话，你看上去会很时髦。 a mark on something markThe backs of the chairs have left marks on the wall. stainShe had grass stains on her white jeans. smearHe had smears of tomato ketchup on his shirt. smudgeNo matter how often I wash my hands, I leave smudges all over my phone's screen. blotchHe had blotches all over his face. speckShe looked through the old camera lens and saw specks of dust. Dave and Les Jacobs/Blend Images/GettyImages Dirt & untidiness bloodstain blotch clutter contaminant contamination crud fleck grime grunge gunge gunk muck pollutant polluter recontamination scrappiness scruff shambles slime slob smearnoun[C] (ACCUSING)an attempt to harm someone's reputation by publicly accusing them of something that is unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true: 诽谤，污蔑 The prime minister has dismissed the allegations as smears and innuendo.首相把那些指控斥为肆意诽谤和影射。 She claims she was the victim of a smear campaign(= repeated attempts to damage her reputation).她声称自己是一系列抹黑活动的受害者。 Damaging reputation anti-defamation aspersion besmirch black mark blacken blot defamatory defame demonize dog drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom hatchet job malign scurrility scurrilous scurrilously self-immolation show someone in a bad lightidiom slur tarnish smearnoun[C] (MEDICAL TEST)UK(alsosmear test); (USpap smear) a medical test in which cells from a woman's cervix (= entrance to the womb) are removed and examined to discover if there is any disease（宫颈）涂片测试 Medical examination anechoic angiocardiography angiogram angiography audiogram cervical smear CT colonography CT scan CVS cystoscopy dioptre electrocardiogram Pap smear PET scan PillCam post-irradiation post-mortem pre-screening sperm count swab smear | American Dictionarysmear verb us/smɪər/ smearverb (SPREAD)[ Talways+ adv/prep ] to spread something soft or wet over a surface: Mom smeared peanut butter and grape jelly on bagels for lunch. smearverb (ACCUSE)[ T ] to accuse someone publicly with the intention of harming the person's reputation: He was smeared in the newspapers. smear noun[ C ] us/smɪr/ smearnoun[C] (ACCUSATION)an accusation made publicly with the intention of harming a person’s reputation: Throughout the election he had to contend with smears about his personal life. She was upset by the smear tactics used by her opponents. smearnoun[C] (SPREAD)a dirty mark on a surface made by something soft or wet: He had a smear of paint on his shirt. smear | Business Englishsmear verb[ T ] uk /smɪər/us to tell lies about someone or something in order to harm them: Accusations of corruption were nothing but a deliberate attempt to smear the company and its management. smear noun[ C ] uk /smɪər/us a lie that is told about a person or organization in order to harm their reputation: They dismissed the stories of financial malpractice as an irrelevant smear. Examples of smearsmear Three investigators examined 20 microscopic fields of each spleen or liver smear. In fact, one can foresee heuristically that this method will also smear interior layers. On one hand, the smear takers proposed a workshop programme through which their cultural awareness and intercultural communication skills could be improved. Two of these infants were febrile at the time of presentation, and both had leukocytosis on peripheral blood smear. Subsequent news reports also found that some political groups were using entries to discredit opponents in smear campaigns. Vertical precipices in cohesive soil may be briefly created by tectonic processes, but weathering and soil erosion should quickly smear these out. Moreover, not all of the "missed" positive smears would eventually have progressed to invasive cancer. These include both the designs of the workshops of smear takers and community health educators. Clearly, a straightforward ensemble average of the time-referenced signal realizations will tend t o smear out the spot boundary as well as its distinguishing features. All voles were culled and weighed, and blood smears prepared from blood taken from the heart. The validity of the smears will also vary according to the area from which they are taken, the screener and the technician. We made the delayed smears according to the following protocol. All patients with fever, with or without symptoms, have malaria smears performed. Eligible subjects provided informed consent, completed the questionnaires, and provided a buccal smear for the genetic analysis. The samples were examined by simple smear and zinc sulphate concentration methods. See all examples of smear These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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