释义 |
ˈsmithers, n. pl. colloq. and dial. [Of obscure origin; cf. prec.] = smithereens.
1847Halliw., Smithers, fragments; atoms. Linc. 1847FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 171 One brother is a rascal—another a spend-thrift..—the family all gone to smithers. 1857Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 341 Having one's nerves ‘all gone to smithers’. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iv. xiii, Blowed us into shivers and smithers. |