单词 | smut |
释义 | smut n. & v. --n   1. a small flake of soot etc.   2. a spot or smudge made by this.   3. obscene or lascivious talk, pictures, or stories.   4. a a fungous disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder. b any fungus of the order Ustilaginales causing this. --v (smutted, smutting)   1. tr. mark with smuts.   2. tr. infect (a plant) with smut.   3. intr. (of a plant) contract smut. Phrases and idioms smut-ball Agriculture grain affected by smut. smut-mill a machine for freeing grain from smut. Derivatives smutty adj. (smuttier, smuttiest) (esp. in sense 3 of n.). smuttily adv. smuttiness n. Etymology: rel. to LG smutt, MHG smutz(en) etc.: cf. OE smitt(ian) smear, and SMUDGE(1) |
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