释义 |
smitesmite /smaɪt/ verb (past tense smote /sməʊt $ smoʊt/, past participle smitten /ˈsmɪtn/) [transitive]  smiteOrigin: Old English smitan ‘to make dirty, smear’ VERB TABLEsmite |
Present | I, you, we, they | smite | | he, she, it | smites | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | smote | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have smitten | | he, she, it | has smitten | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had smitten | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will smite | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have smitten |
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Present | I | am smiting | | he, she, it | is smiting | | you, we, they | are smiting | Past | I, he, she, it | was smiting | | you, we, they | were smiting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been smiting | | he, she, it | has been smiting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been smiting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be smiting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been smiting |
- She waited for realisation, for pain to smite her.
- The trees are splintered, crushed, and broken, as if smitten by thunderbolts.
- Then, without warning, a tremendous blast smote the city, knocking pedestrians to the ground.
1 old use to hit something with a lot of force2biblical to destroy, attack, or punish someone |