| 单词 | smear |
| 释义 | smear (once / 1436 pages) vn To smear something is to smudge or blur it. You might literally smear your pen-and-ink drawing, or figuratively have your reputation smeared by getting caught in a lie. You can also smear things physically by smoothing them onto another surface, like when you smear lip balm on your mouth or smear cream cheese on your bagel. When you smear a person, however, you cause them real harm by hurting their reputation badly. A politician might smear an opponent by falsely claiming they lied about where they went to college, for example. That kind of smear can be hard to erase. WORD FAMILYsmear: smeared, smearing, smears USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the exact quote is, “Administration should support and defend activist groups by nullifying slander and smear campaign from bigger group.” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Critics of this notion, however, protest what they see as a character smear — a suggestion that everybody, deep down, is racist. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) A white car with blood streaks and smears was at the scene. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v make a smudge on; soil by smudging Syn|Hypo|Hyper blur, smudge, smutch resmudge smudge again dustrub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape rub move over something with pressure 2v cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it smear the wall with paint Syn|Hypo|Hyper daub daub apply to a surface blood smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 3v stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance Hypo|Hyper moil moisten or soil besmirch, smirchsmear so as to make dirty or stained begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty 4v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation libelprint slanderous statements against badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traducespeak unfavorably about accuse, charge blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against 5n a blemish made by dirt Syn|Hypo|Hyper blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot blotch, splodge, splotch an irregularly shaped spot fingermark, fingerprinta smudge made by a (dirty) finger inkblota blot made with ink blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 6n a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope Syn|Hypo|Hyper cytologic smear, cytosmear alimentary tract smear any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear, cervical smeara sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells bronchoscopic smear, lower respiratory tract smear, sputum smearany of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs vaginal smearsmear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis esophageal smearalimentary tract smear of material obtained from the esophagus gastric smearalimentary tract smear of material obtained from the stomach oral smearalimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth duodenal smear, paraduodenal smearalimentary tract smear of material obtained from the duodenum cytologic specimen a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis 7n an act that brings discredit to the person who does it Syn|Hyper blot, smirch, spot, stain error, fault, mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention 8n slanderous defamation Syn|Hyper malignment, vilification calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
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