英语词汇“smear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

smearsmear1 /smɪr/ verb

ETYMOLOGYsmear¹

Origin: Old English smeoru fatty material

VERB TABLE

smear

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	smear
	he, she, it	smears
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	smeared
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have smeared
	he, she, it	has smeared
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had smeared
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will smear
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have smeared

Continuous Form
Present	I	am smearing
	he, she, it	is smearing
	you, we, they	are smearing
Past	I, he, she, it	was smearing
	you, we, they	were smearing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been smearing
	he, she, it	has been smearing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been smearing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be smearing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been smearing

1[transitive] to spread a liquid or soft substance over a surface, especially in a careless or messy way: smear something on/over etc. She smeared suntan lotion on her shoulders.2[intransitive, transitive] to make something such as ink, paint, makeup, etc. messy by rubbing it, getting it wet, etc., or to become messy in this way SYN smudge: She had been crying and her makeup had smeared. His sweaty hand was smearing the ink as he wrote.3[transitive] to make dirty or oily marks on something SYN smudge: Don’t smear my glasses.smear something with something Halle’s face was smeared with butter.4[transitive] to spread an untrue story about someone in order to harm him or her: The story was an attempt to smear his campaign opponent. [Origin: Old English smeoru fatty material]

verb | noun

smearsmear2 noun [countable]

THESAURUSdirt► mark

a spot or small dirty area on something that spoils its appearance: I can’t get these marks off the wall.

► stain

a mark that is difficult to remove: There was a dark stain in the middle of the carpet.

► spot

a small round mark on a surface: There were a few spots of blood on his shirt.

► smudge

a dirty mark, made when something is rubbed against a surface: She had a smudge of dirt on her cheek.

► smear

a mark that is left when a substance is spread on a surface: There was a smear of makeup on her shirt.

► track

a mark left on the ground by a moving person, animal, or vehicle: There were tire tracks in the sand leading to the water.

► print

a mark made on a surface by something that has been pressed onto it: The kids left dirty hand prints all over the wall.

1a dirty or oily mark on something: smear of smears of blood► see thesaurus at mark22an attempt to harm someone by spreading untrue stories about him or her3a soft food made of cheese or other things that can be spread on something, especially a bagel SYN spread4an area of human cells that are put on a slide to be examined under a microscope → see also Pap smear—smeary adjective