smite
verb /smaɪt/
/smaɪt/
(old use or literary)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they smite | /smaɪt/ /smaɪt/ |
he / she / it smites | /smaɪts/ /smaɪts/ |
past simple smote | /sməʊt/ /sməʊt/ |
past participle smitten | /ˈsmɪtn/ /ˈsmɪtn/ |
-ing form smiting | /ˈsmaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsmaɪtɪŋ/ |
- smite somebody/something to hit somebody/something hard; to attack or punish somebody
重打;猛击;攻击;惩罚 - smite somebody to have a great effect on somebody, especially an unpleasant or serious one
使深感(不安、不快等);深深影响 - Suddenly my conscience smote me.
突然,我的良心谴责了我。
see also smitten - Suddenly my conscience smote me.
词源Old English smītan ‘to smear, blemish’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smijten and German schmeissen ‘to fling’.