1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK to break into pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it 粉碎;打碎;砸碎
Vandals had smashed all the windows.
破坏分子打碎了所有的窗子。
Firemen had to smash the lock to get in.
消防员不得不砸锁而入。
Several cups fell to the floor and smashed to pieces.
6.smash something ↔ downphrasal verbphr vHIT/BUMP INTOto hit a door, wall etc violently so that it falls to the ground 击倒〔门、墙等〕
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smash down• I just wanted to go out and smash a door down.• He just smashed the bottle down across my hand.• They used to smash it down, and it inevitably wound up spilling all over the car.• Yardies called by, smashed his door down, grabbed the man, threw him out through that eighthfloorwindow.
7smash something ↔ inphrasal verbphr vDESTROYto hit something so violently that you break it and make a hole in it 将〔某物〕砸穿
The door had been smashed in.
这扇门被砸穿了。
smash somebody’s face/head in (=hit someone hard in the face or head) 猛击某人的脸/头部
I’ll smash his head in if he comes here again!
他要是再来,我就打碎他的脑袋!
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smash in• In track, only world record-holder Wang Junxia has had staying power since smashing world records in 1993. 16.• Yet, each time, when the smoke had cleared, the enemy was smashed.• They smashed the door in and rushedinside.• Get tooled up with baseballbats and go smash some windows in some club.• Fred Titmus bowled the right sort of ball and I smashed it in the direction of the pavilion.• If you kill the people you love - or run away from them - you only smash yourself in the end.• He kept his hands in his pockets so he would not smash Tony Angotti in the face.• He seized another woodenleg and smashed the glass in the nearest cases with it.
smash somebody’s face/head in• He could just imagine the Woman hitting him, smashing at his face in the dark with the butt of her gun.
8smash something ↔ upphrasal verbphr vDESTROYto deliberately destroy something by hitting it 〔故意〕撞毁,打碎
Hooligans started smashing the place up.
流氓开始对这个地方进行打砸。
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smash up• And he robbed Madge's house and smashed it up.• I even asked her if it was her that smashed that kiosk up!• It bought out the inner child in me, the one that wants to smash things up.• So, armed with the baseballbat that every convivialhostelry keeps handy, Peggy smashed the joint up.• I suppose now that I could have freaked out and started smashing the place up, getting myself expelled as a result.• Get robbed of a race in the weighing room, smash your shoulder up in a gallop - that's racing.• I imaginedMark and me high on the Walker, on our sixth day, smashing our way up the face.
smashed to pieces• Anything that gets in his way is smashed to pieces.• They were smashed to pieces, as if some one had ground them underfoot.• Would the idyll she had dreamed of be there again, not smashed to pieces as it seemed to be?• It had been smashed to pieces because Timothy Gedge had followed them.
4[singular]SOUND the loud sound of something breaking 撞碎声,破碎声
smash of
He heard the smash of glass.
他听到玻璃打碎的声音。
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smash• Julia Roberts' beauty didn't stop Pretty Woman becoming a smash at the boxoffice.• Gives it a smash, gives it a rip.• Suddenly, there was a smash in the kitchen.• the latest Broadway smash
1breaking noisily into pieces打碎ADJECTIVE | VERB + SMASH | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤loud響亮的破碎聲VERB + SMASH➤hear聽到破碎時的嘩啦聲PREPOSITION➤with a smash嘩啦一聲◇The plate hit the floor with a smash.盤子嘩啦一聲掉在地板上打碎了。➤smash of⋯破碎的嘩啦聲◇He heard the smash of breaking glass.他聽到打碎玻璃的聲音。smash
noun²
2 (BrE) in a car, etc.撞車ADJECTIVE | VERB + SMASH | SMASH + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤head-on迎頭相撞➤fatal致死的撞車事故◇Their car was involved in a fatal smash with a stolen van.他們的車與一輛被盜麪包車相撞,致人死亡。➤horrific可怕的撞車➤hit-and-run肇事逃逸的事故◇a 20-year-old victim of a hit-and-run smash一起撞車逃逸事故中 20 歲的受害者➤high-speed高速相撞事故▸➤car, motorbike小汽車/摩托車相撞➤rail, train火車相撞▸➤motorway, road高速路上/公路上的撞車事故➤two-car, three-vehicle, etc.兩車、三車等相撞事故VERB + SMASH➤have發生撞車事故➤cause引起撞車事故◇A teenage driver has been fined £300 for causing a road smash on the A127.一位少年駕車在 A127 號公路上撞車肇事,被罰 300 英鎊。SMASH + VERB➤happen撞車事故發生◇The smash happened just before junction 13 of the M6.撞車事故就發生在 6 號高速公路 13 號交叉路口前。PREPOSITION➤in a/the smash在撞車事故中◇Four people were seriously injured in a head-on smash on the A45.在 A45 號公路兩車迎頭相撞的事故中,4 人嚴重受傷。smash
noun³
3in tennis網球ADJECTIVE | VERB + SMASHADJECTIVE➤powerful大力抽球▸➤overhead過頂高壓球➤forearm近網高壓球VERB + SMASH➤hit擊球◇He can hit a powerful overhead smash.他能打出大力的過頂高壓球。➤miss抽球失敗◇He misses a smash to hand Federer a 5-0 lead.他抽球失誤,拱手讓費德勒 5 比 0 領先。smash
noun⁴
4song, film/movie, etc.歌曲;電影ADJECTIVE | VERB + SMASH | SMASH + NOUNADJECTIVE➤box-office賣座的電影➤club, dance-floor (both BrE) 俱樂部/舞池走紅的歌曲◇the recent club smash, 'Rocking Music'最近在俱樂部走紅的歌曲《搖滾音樂》➤surprise意外走紅➤instant一炮打響◇The comedy was an instant smash with critics.那出喜劇在評論界一炮而紅。➤summer夏季走紅的歌曲VERB + SMASH➤be, become走紅SMASH + NOUN➤album, single走紅的專輯/單曲➤series, show, sitcom走紅的系列劇/演出/情景劇◇Bridges starred on the smash sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes'.布里奇斯出演了走紅情景劇《細路仔》。➤hit非常流行➤film, movie (especially NAmE) 轟動的影片
smash verb ⇨smash (a glass smashes)⇨crash (a car smashes into a tree)smash
verb
➡ See also the entry for break1另见break条第1义smash ♦︎ shatter ♦︎ break (sth) up ♦︎ splinterThese are all words that can be used when sth breaks into lots of small pieces.这些词均表示打碎或碎裂。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to smash / shatter / break up into small / a thousand pieces◆to smash / shatter a window / windscreen◆glass smashes / shatters / splinters◆sb's smashed / shattered / splintered bones / skull■smash [transitive, intransitive] to break sth or be broken, violently and noisily, into lots of small pieces粗暴打碎;打破;(哗啦一声)破碎◆She flew into one of her rages and started smashing crockery.她又一次暴跳如雷,开始摔碟子摔碗。◆His right hand was smashed and his shoulder dislocated.他的右手被打烂,肩膀也脱臼了。◆The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces.玻璃碗咣的一声摔了个粉碎。ⓘ If sb smashes up a place or room, they destroy it by breaking all the furniture, etc. * smash up指捣毁某个地方或房间,把里面的家具等全都砸烂◆Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up.一群年轻人闯进酒吧,把里面砸了个乱七八糟。■shatter [intransitive, transitive] to suddenly break into small pieces; to make sth do this破碎;碎裂;使破碎◆He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor.他一失手把花瓶掉在地板上摔碎了。◆The explosion shattered all the windows in the building.那次爆炸把大楼里所有的玻璃窗都给震碎了。◆Shattered homes were ablaze.炸毁的房屋在熊熊燃烧。NOTE辨析 Smash or shatter?People smash things deliberately; things get shattered as a result of explosions, flying bullets, stones, etc. * smash指故意把物品打碎或砸烂,be shattered则指物品因遭遇爆炸、流弹或飞石等而破碎◆The thief smashed a window to get into her car.小偷砸碎车窗钻进了她的汽车。◆The thief shattered a window to get into her car.◆Windows were shattered in the blast.爆炸中玻璃窗被震得粉碎。◆Windows were smashed in the blast.■ˌbreak ˈup■ˌbreak sth ˈup
phrasal verb
(broke, broken)to separate, or make sth separate, into smaller pieces, either violently or carefully粉碎;破碎;拆开;拆散◆The ship broke up on the rocks.船触礁撞碎了。◆The grey clouds had begun to break up.乌云已经开始散去。◆The ship was broken up for scrap metal.那艘船被拆成了废铁。◆Break up the chocolate and place it in a bowl.把巧克力掰碎,然后放到碗里。■splinter [intransitive, transitive](of wood, glass, stone or bone) to break into long, thin, sharp pieces; to make wood, glass, etc. break in this way(木头、玻璃、石头或骨头)裂开;使(木头、玻璃等)裂开◆The mirror cracked but did not splinter.那面镜子裂了,但没有碎。◆She could hear the talons shredding and splintering the wood.她听到鸟爪撕碎木头的声音。