| 单词 | smite |
| 释义 | smite (once / 344 pages) v To smite is to strike with a heavy blow. If you’re playing an ancient Norse warrior in a play, you might get to smite your enemy with a club. Smite comes from the old English for striking or smearing. You’re most likely to find it reading Biblical stories or mythologies, for example, where the thunderbolt of Zeus smites some misbehaving Greek fellow. The past participle of this verb is the cool word smitten, which is what you say about someone who's fallen head over heels for something or someone, that is, their emotions have been struck. WORD FAMILYsmite: smit, smited, smites, smiting, smitten, smote USAGE EXAMPLESRegardless, they hit it off, with the Daily Mail reporting that Harry was immediately smitten, and he “bombarded” Markle with texts. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Ray, himself a pianist, was smitten by her musical proficiency, not to mention her striking good looks. Time(Dec 22, 2016) Jarman was instantly smitten with the much younger computer programmer, then employed on secret Ministry of Defence projects. BBC(Dec 20, 2016) 1v inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 2v cause physical pain or suffering in Syn|Hypo|Hyper afflict visit assail blight, plaguecause to suffer a blight damage inflict damage upon 3v affect suddenly with deep feeling He was smitten with love for this young girl Hyper affect, impress, move, strike have an emotional or cognitive impact upon |
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