| 单词 | shatter |
| 释义 | shatter[ shat-er ] / ˈʃæt ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shatter ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object)to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow. to damage, as by breaking or crushing: ships shattered by storms. to impair or destroy (health, nerves, etc.): The incident shattered his composure. to weaken, destroy, or refute (ideas, opinions, etc.): He wanted to shatter her illusions. verb (used without object)to be broken into fragments or become weak or insubstantial. nounUsually shatters. fragments made by shattering. Origin of shatter1300–50; Middle English schateren< ?; cf. scatter SYNONYMS FOR shatter1 shiver, split, crack. SEE SYNONYMS FOR shatter ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for shatter1. See break. OTHER WORDS FROM shatterWords nearby shattershastra, shastracara, Shastri, shat, Shatt-al-Arab, shatter, shatter cone, shattered, shatterproof, Shaun, Shavano Peak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shatterBritish Dictionary definitions for shattershatter / (ˈʃætə) / verbto break or be broken into many small pieces (tr) to impair or destroyhis nerves were shattered by the torture (tr) to dumbfound or thoroughly upsetshe was shattered by the news (tr) informal to cause to be tired out or exhausted an obsolete word for scatter noun(usually plural) obsolete, or dialect a fragment Derived forms of shattershatterer, nounshattering, adjectiveshatteringly, adverbWord Origin for shatterC12: perhaps obscurely related to scatter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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