| 单词 |
smithereen |
| 释义 |
smithereen, v.|smɪðəˈriːn| [f. smithereens n. pl.] trans. To smash or blow up into tiny fragments. Hence smitheˈreening ppl. a.
1927H. Crane in Transition Dec. 136 Lo, Lord, Thou ridest! Lord, Lord, Thy swifting heart Naught stayeth, naught now bideth But's smithereened apart! 1959Listener 5 Mar. 429/2 A bomb in a suit-case timed shortly to do its smithereening work. 1964Economist 16 May 699/2 Dum-dum bullets or smithereening explosives. 1973N.Y. News 21 Aug. 53/1 He'd like to smithereen the crystal ball. |

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