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

单词	shatter
释义	shat·ter I. \ˈshad.ə(r), -atə-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English schateren; perhaps akin to Middle Low German schāteren to explode, Greek skedannynai to scatter, Lithuanian skedervà splinter *transitive verb* 1. : to cause to drop or be dispersed : scatter < with a measured tap of his forefinger he shattered the ash from his cigar — Hamilton Basso > < the slightest jar shatters the petals of a full-blown rose > < wind could shatter out wheat — A.B.Guthrie > 2. a. : to splinter with or as if with a blow : reduce to fragments : fracture, smash < fifty windowpanes were shattered by the missiles — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < amethysts caught the light, shattering it and sending it forth again in a thousand fragments — Louis Bromfield > b. : to damage badly : ruin, wreck < men whose faces had been shattered on the Italian fronts — James Stern > < rough weather … shattered the mainmast — C.O.Paullin > 3. a. : to cause the disruption or annihilation of : disintegrate, demolish < riflemen … shattered each wave of attackers before it could come within volleying distance — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < one cold puff of piety … shattered the warm colorful world of romance — Osbert Lancaster > < the legend of Rome's invincibility had been shattered — John Buchan > b. : to cause to break down : impair, destroy < his health was shattered … by the war — V.H.Paltsits > < people collide with harsh experience and are shattered — Paul Engle > < nothing but death was strong enough to shatter that inherited restraint — Ellen Glasgow > 4. : to separate (a flower) into clusters of petals which are then wired or taped < her wrist corsage was of shattered yellow carnations — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > *intransitive verb* 1. : to make a rattling sound : clatter < rain … shatters at the windowpane — Maurice Hewlett > 2. : to break apart : become shattered : shiver, disintegrate < turned back … to see the laboratory window shatter — W.N.Marsh > < the Empire of the Incas … shattered at Pizarro's touch — Bernard De Voto > 3. : to drop or scatter leaves, petals, fruit (as kernels of ripe grain or the berries of grapes) < the wheat shattered in the field before harvest > Synonyms: see break II. noun (-s) 1. : fragment, shred — usually used in plural < the plate was in shatters on the floor > 2. : an act of shattering or state of being shattered; specifically : a plant disease characterized by premature dropping or dehiscence < studies on the shatter of grapes — L.P.Miller > 3. : a result of shattering : shower, spatter < sunlight broke … painfully in his eyes like a shatter of gold glass — David Beaty >
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