Smooth
[smuːð] or [smʊð]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of smoothing; 'he gave his hair a quick smooth'.
(verb.) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; 'smooth the surface of the wood'.
(verb.) free from obstructions; 'smooth the way towards peace negotiations'.
(adj.) lacking obstructions or difficulties; 'the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly' .
(adj.) having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; 'smooth skin'; 'a smooth tabletop'; 'smooth fabric'; 'a smooth road'; 'water as smooth as a mirror' .
(adj.) of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; 'a smooth ride' .
(adj.) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth .
編輯:尼特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
(superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
(superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
(superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
(superl.) Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
(superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
(adv.) Smoothly.
(n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
(n.) That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.
(a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
(a.) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
(a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
(a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
(a.) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
(a.) To ease; to regulate.
(v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.
辛迪校對
同義詞及近義詞:
[1]. Even, level, plane, flat, not rough.[2]. Sleek, glossy.[3]. Unruffled, undisturbed.[4]. Easy, voluble, fluent, not harsh.[5]. Bland, mild, soothing, oily, flattering, adulatory, courtier-like, fair-spoken, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued.
v. a. [1]. Level, flatten, make smooth.[2]. Ease, make easy.[3]. Calm, allay, assuage, mollify, mitigate, alleviate.
布莱尔整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Even, plain, level, flat, polished, glossy, sleek, soft, unruffled,unobstructed, bland, oily, suave
ANT:Uneven, rough, rugged, abrupt, precipitous, unpolished, harsh, blunt
SYN:Flatten, level, ease, soften, calm, allay, mitigate,[See PERFUME]
巴纳比手打
解釋/意思:
adj. having an even surface: not tough: evenly spread: glossy: gently flowing: easy: regular: unobstructed: bland: mild calm.—v.t. to make smooth: to palliate: to soften: to calm: to ease: (Shak.) to exonerate.—v.i. to repeat flattering words.—n. (B.) the smooth part.—adj. Smooth′-bore not rifled.—n. a gun with smooth-bored barrel.—adjs. Smooth′-browed with unwrinkled brow; Smooth′-chinned having a smooth chin: beardless; Smooth′-dit′tied sweetly sung with a flowing melody.—v.t Smooth′en to make smooth.—n. Smooth′er one who or that which smooths: in glass-cutting an abrading-wheel for polishing the aces of the grooves cut by another wheel: (obs.) a flatterer.—adj. Smooth′-faced having a smooth air mild-looking.—ns. Smooth′ing-ī′ron an instrument of iron for smoothing clothes; Smooth′ing-plane a small fine plane used for finishing.—adv. Smooth′ly.—n. Smooth′ness.—adjs. Smooth′-paced having a regular easy pace; Smooth′-shod having shoes without spikes; Smooth′-spō′ken speaking pleasantly: plausible: flattering; Smooth′-tongued having a smooth tongue: flattering.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- But the wheels had hard tires, the roads and many of the streets were not smooth, the vehicle got the name of the bone-breaker and its use ceased. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- These slippery smooth walls would give him no chance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- My friends find for me a place in a college, where I teach as at home, and earn enough to make the way smooth for Franz and Emil. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Replacing her daughter on the couch, she smoothed the pillow and spread the sheet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mr Venus involuntarily smoothed his countenance, and looked at his hand, as if to see whether any of its speaking properties came off. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Carefully selecting one long tress, she smoothed it down with her hands, and held it out towards her lover. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- By a strange fatality Juliet alone escaped, and she to the last waited on her relatives, and smoothed the pillow of death. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The lady was very happy at the flowers, Nastasia said, smoothing her apron. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I am not at all sure that I should be befriending your son by smoothing his way to the future possession of Featherstone's property. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- What is your great mode of smoothing and managing, Tom? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Mrs. Pryor, bending over the pale little sufferer, was now smoothing the hair under her cap, and gently raising her pillow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Every day I learn to do things smoother and better. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Laurie had vanished round the bend, Jo was just at the turn, and Amy, far behind, striking out toward the smoother ice in the middle of the river. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The machine which exists is accepted in all its essentials: the goo-goo yearns for a somewhat smoother rotation. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He was smoother and more polite to me than the elder; but I saw this. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A tide of quiet thought now came gently caressing my brain; softer and softer rose the flow, with tepid undulations smoother than balm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She was _my_ rival, heart and soul, though secretly, under the smoothest bearing, and utterly unknown to all save her and myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Despite his tranquillity, a somewhat heavy brow speaks temper, and reminds you that the smoothest waters are not always the safest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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