1. | [t] (用油性或稀软物质)胡乱涂抹to spread an oily or soft substance over a surface in a rough or careless way |
The children had smeared mud on the walls. 那几个孩子往墙上抹了泥巴。 | |
The children had smeared the walls with mud. 那几个孩子往墙上抹了泥巴。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth 弄脏;弄上油污to make sth dirty or greasy |
His glasses were smeared. 他的眼镜脏了。 | |
smeared windows 脏了的窗户 |
3. | [t] ~ sb/sth 诽谤;诋毁to damage sb's reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that are not true |
The story was an attempt to smear the party leader. 这篇报道是企图玷污该党领袖的声誉。 |
4. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 把(字迹、图画等)蹭得模糊不清;变得模糊不清to rub writing, a drawing, etc. so that it is no longer clear; to become not clear in this way |
The last few words of the letter were smeared. 信的最后几个字蹭得看不清了。 |