shatter

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shat·ter /ˈʃætə $ -ər/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way （使）粉碎，（使）破碎

shatter into

The plate hit the floor, and shattered into tiny bits.

盘子掉到地板上，摔得粉碎。

The explosion shattered the building.

这次爆炸把大楼炸成一片废墟。

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2 [transitiveT] to completely destroy or ruin something such as someone’s beliefs or life 毁坏〔生活〕，使〔希望、信念〕破灭

A tragic accident shattered her dreams of Olympic glory.

一场不幸的意外事故使她获得奥运奖牌的梦想破灭了。

A few weeks in a tiny damp room soon shattered his illusions about university life.

在狭小潮湿的房间里生活了几个星期后，他对大学生活的幻想很快就破灭了。

people whose lives have been shattered by war

生活被战争所毁的人们 3 shatter the silence/peace if a loud noise shatters the silence or peace, it is suddenly heard 打破寂静/宁静: The silence was shattered by a warning shout. 一声警示的呼喊打破了寂静。

n3 shatter the silence/peace if a loud noise shatters the silence or peace, it is suddenly heard

The silence was shattered by a warning shout.

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: to completely destroy or ruin something such as someone’s beliefs or life

nouns

shatter somebody’s hopes

Their hopes had been shattered by the outbreak of war.

shatter somebody’s confidence

Public confidence has been shattered.

shatter a dream (=make it impossible for someone to achieve or get something they want)

He spoke yesterday about the injury which shattered his Olympic dream.

shatter somebody’s illusions (=make someone realise their beliefs are wrong)

I hate to be the one to shatter your illusions, but you’re wrong.

shatter an image (=make people realise the idea they have about something is wrong)

The book shattered the image of the contented American housewife.

shatter a myth (=show that an idea was completely wrong)

Economic studies have shattered the myth that population growth is bad for a nation’s economy.

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shatter• Don't try to drive nails into the bricks, they may shatter.• Sadly, that dream may soon be shattered.• The bullet shattered a bone in her left forearm.• Protesters shattered a glass door and tossed red dye around the entrance.• Storefront windows shattered and roofs blew off during the hurricane.• The glass had shattered, but the photograph itself was undamaged.• Our lives were completely shattered by the accident.• That morning it was a matter of blinding, shattering, choking importance.• Trees fell down and windows shattered during the storm.• And Nina, crouched in a chair, weak and pale as though any movement might shatter her thinly held composure.• The nine-year-old boy was hit by a car and shattered his skull on the pavement.• The explosion shattered office windows 500 metres away.• All the windows in the farmhouse had been shattered, the whole scene resembling something from the Blitz.• The force of the crash shattered the windshield.

Origin shatter

(1300-1400) Probably from an unrecorded Old English sceaterian

shat·ter verb →n COLLOCATIONS1

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