2HIT[always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to hit something hard against something else so that it makes a shortloudnoise 〔用某物〕啪的一声打
He smacked the money down on the table and walked out.
他啪的一声把钱扔在桌上就走了出去。
3smack your lipsHBHHUNGRY/STARVINGto make a short loudnoise with your lips before or after you eat or drink something to show that it is good 出声地咂嘴唇〔表示味道好〕
He drained his glass and smacked his lips appreciatively.
他一口气喝光了杯里的东西,满意地咂咂嘴。
Examples from the Corpus
smack your lips• Cranston snored gently like a child, muttering now and again and smacking his lips.• Shove his face into his own shit, they were learning, and he will devour it, smacking his lips.• The young one smacked his lips.• He smacked his lips and stroked his moustache with surprise.• She begins cackling, smacking her lips, like a child thinking of a turkey dinner.• Granny Weatherwax smacked her lips, like some one emerging from a very deep sleep.• The woman seemed to be smacking her lips over every word.• The chimpanzee then pulls out the grassstem and picks off the termites with its teeth, smacking its lips with pleasure.
4.British EnglishBrE informalHIT to hit someone hard with your closed hand 用拳猛击SYN punch
5smack of somethingphrasal verbphr vif a situation smacks of something unpleasant, it seems to involve that thing 带有〔令人不快〕的意味
To me, the whole thing smacks of a cover-up.
在我看来,整件事有点藏藏掖掖的感觉。
6smack somebody upphrasal verbphr v informalto hit someone hard many times with your hand 用手痛打,狠掴
Don’t make me come over there and smack you up.
别惹我过来抽你一顿。
Examples from the Corpus
smack up• The first task is to smack the ball up the ramp and enter the rollercoaster ride.
smack in the mouth/face/gob• Once again, she hadn't seen it coming; another smack in the face from an unexpectedsource.• Steve looked as if he'd been smacked in the face with a writ.• Once Williams was smacked in the face by a throw in an internationalgame, breaking her nose.
smack3adverbadv informal
1EXACTexactly or directly in the middle of something, in front of something etc 恰好,准确地,不偏不倚地
smack in the middle/in front of something etc
There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.
It’s smack dab in the middle of an earthquake zone.
它就在震区的正中心。
2HIT/BUMP INTOif something goes smack into something, it hits it with a lot of force 猛烈地,砰的一声〔碰击某物〕
The car ran smack into the side of the bus.
小汽车砰的一声撞到了公共汽车的侧面。
Examples from the Corpus
smack• It came to restsmack against the mountain two mileswest of Morrisonville.• Some were smack in the middle of neighborhoods.• I was smack in the middle of this interestingwar.• I ran smack into it on Thursday.• I drovesmack into the side of the garage.
Originsmack1
(1400-1500) Perhaps from Middle Dutchsmacken“to hit”. smack of (1300-1400) From smack“taste”((11-21 centuries)), from Old Englishsmæc
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SMACK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤firm, good, hard使勁親一下;猛拍一巴掌➤light輕輕的一巴掌➤loud, resounding響亮的親一下;啪的一巴掌◇He landed with a loud smack.他撲通一聲摔倒在地。VERB + SMACK➤give sb, land (sb)給某人一個響吻;打(某人)一巴掌◇He longed to land her a good smack in the face.他很想在她臉上親個響吻。➤get被親了個響吻;被打了一巴掌PREPOSITION➤with a smack啪的一聲◇She brought her hand down on the water with a smack.她伸手啪地拍了一下水。smack
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1 (especially BrE) hit sb as a punishment懲罰ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤hard狠狠地打◇I'll smack you very hard if you do that again!你要是再幹這種事,我就狠狠地打你!PREPOSITION➤on打⋯◇She smacked the boy on the leg.她在男孩的腿上拍了一巴掌。smack
verb²
2hit sb/sth打ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤accidentally意外地打◇I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler.我不小心用尺打了他的臉。➤hard使勁打◇I smacked him hard across the face.我使勁給了他一耳光。PREPOSITION➤against, into碰撞到⋯◇He turned around and smacked into a wall.他一轉身撞到了牆。PHRASES➤smack sb across the face, smack sb in the face, smack sb on the shoulder, smack sb upside the head (NAmE) 打了某人一耳光;使勁拍某人的肩膀;給某人當頭一擊◇He smacked me in the face.他啪地打了我一耳光。◇The teacher smacked me upside the head.老師打了我的頭。smack
verb
●smack of sthADVERB➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些⋯的意味◇This move smacks a little of desperation.這一行動有點兒絕望的意味。➤just只是意味着⋯◇It just smacks of paranoia.那只是有些偏執。➤strongly, too much明顯意味着⋯◇Today's announcement smacks strongly of a government cover-up.今天的公告凸顯出政府掩人耳目的意圖。