smithersn.

Brit.

/ˈsmɪðəz/, U.S.

/ˈsmɪðərz/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Apparently related to earlier smithereens n. (compare the discussion at that entry), but the exact nature of the relationship is unclear.

With plural agreement. Tiny fragments, small pieces. Also figurative. Chiefly in to blow, dash, smash, etc., to (also into) smithers. Cf. smithereens n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments > small

fritters1686

smithereens1795

crunches1839

smithers1845

shivereens1855

jam-rag1869

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 588/1 To ‘have every bone in his body smashed to smithers’..was the mildest of the fates he had escaped.

1857 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 341 Having one's nerves ‘all gone to smithers’.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiii. 273 Blowed us into shivers and smithers.

1933 N. O. Solum tr. O. Rölvaag Boat of Longing iii. iv. 197 Slack your line...We'll be dashed to smithers.

1951 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 26 Oct. Two of the world's greatest tunnels would be blown to smithers the instant he attacked.

2013 M. Jacobshagen Will You be My Friend xvii. 112 His world was smashed to smithers, the long stressing lawsuit took its toll.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smithers
释义	smithersn. Brit. /ˈsmɪðəz/, U.S. /ˈsmɪðərz/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Apparently related to earlier smithereens n. (compare the discussion at that entry), but the exact nature of the relationship is unclear. With plural agreement. Tiny fragments, small pieces. Also figurative. Chiefly in to blow, dash, smash, etc., to (also into) smithers. Cf. smithereens n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments > small fritters1686 smithereens1795 crunches1839 smithers1845 shivereens1855 jam-rag1869 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 588/1 To ‘have every bone in his body smashed to smithers’..was the mildest of the fates he had escaped. 1857 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 341 Having one's nerves ‘all gone to smithers’. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiii. 273 Blowed us into shivers and smithers. 1933 N. O. Solum tr. O. Rölvaag Boat of Longing iii. iv. 197 Slack your line...We'll be dashed to smithers. 1951 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 26 Oct. Two of the world's greatest tunnels would be blown to smithers the instant he attacked. 2013 M. Jacobshagen Will You be My Friend xvii. 112 His world was smashed to smithers, the long stressing lawsuit took its toll. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
随便看	lower or upper culmination lower palea lower plant lower school lower second lower sixth lower sixth form lower than a snake's belly lower the bar lower the boom lower the boom on lower the drawbridge lower the tone lower topsail lower transit lower web lower west side lower working class lower world lower yield point lower-cost lower-income lower-middlebrow lower-paid lumiflavin