smear是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface -- 塗抹（黏膩的東西）

  • The children had smeared peanut butter all over the sofa. 孩子們把花生醬抹得沙發上到處都是。

  • Can you explain why the front of your car is smeared with blood? 你能解釋一下爲甚麽你的汽車前部沾有血跡嗎？

• 1 to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation -- 誹謗，污衊

  • She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life. 這家報紙對她的私生活造謠誣衊，她決定告以誹謗罪。

• 2 a dirty mark made by spreading a liquid or a thick substance over a surface -- （將某種液體或稠厚物質塗在表面上形成的）汙點

  • You'd look very stylish if it wasn't for that smear of ketchup on your shirt. 如果不是裙子上那抹蕃茄醬的話，你看起來會很時髦。

• 3 an attempt to harm someone's reputation by publicly accusing them of something that is unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true -- 誹謗，污蔑

  • The prime minister has dismissed the allegations as smears and innuendo. 首相把那些指控斥爲肆意誹謗和影射。

  • She claims she was the victim of a smear campaign (= repeated attempts to damage her reputation). 她聲稱自己是一系列抹黑行動的受害者。

• 4 a medical test in which cells from a woman's cervix (= entrance to the womb) are removed and examined to discover if there is any disease -- （子宮頸）抹片檢查