| 单词 | smack |
| 释义 | smack smack1 /smak/, n. 1. a taste or flavor, esp. a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something: The chicken had just a smack of garlic. 2. a trace, touch, or suggestion of something. 3. a taste, mouthful, or small quantity. v.i. 4. to have a taste, flavor, trace, or suggestion: Your politeness smacks of condescension. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME smacke, OE smaec; c. MLG smak, G Geschmack taste; (v.) ME smacken to perceive by taste, have a (specified) taste, deriv. of the n.; cf. G schmacken] Syn. 1. savor. 2. hint. 4. taste, suggest. smack2 /smak/, v.t. 1. to strike sharply, esp. with the open hand or a flat object. 2. to drive or send with a sharp, resounding blow or stroke: to smack a ball over a fence. 3. to close and open (the lips) smartly so as to produce a sharp sound, often as a sign of relish, as in eating. 4. to kiss with or as with a loud sound. v.i. 5. to smack the lips. 6. to collide, come together, or strike something forcibly. 7. to make a sharp sound as of striking against something. n. 8. a sharp, resounding blow, esp. with something flat. 9. a smacking of the lips, as in relish or anticipation. 10. a resounding or loud kiss. adv. Informal. 11. suddenly and violently: He rode smack up against the side of the house. 12. directly; straight: The street runs smack into the center of town. [1550-60; imit.; cf. D, LG smakken, G (dial.) schmacken] smack3 /smak/, n. 1. Eastern U.S. a fishing vessel, esp. one having a well for keeping the catch alive. 2. Brit. any of various small, fully decked, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels used for trawling or coastal trading. [1605-15; < D smak] smack4 /smak/, n. Slang. heroin. [1960-65; prob. special use of SMACK1; cf. earlier slang schmeck with same sense ( < Yiddish shmek sniff, whiff; cf. MHG smecken (G schmecken) to taste)] |
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