Smut

[smʌt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any fungus of the order Ustilaginales.

(noun.) destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores.

(verb.) affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn.

(verb.) become affected with smut; 'the corn smutted and could not be eaten'.

(verb.) stain with a dirty substance, such as soot.

(verb.) make obscene; 'This line in the play smuts the entire act'.

手打:萨拜娜--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

(v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

(v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.

(v. t.) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

(v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

(v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain.

(v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

(v. t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

(v. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

(v. i.) To give off smut; to crock.

校對:斯宾塞

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Dirt.[2]. Blight, blemish.[3]. Obscenity, ribaldry, smuttiness, obscene language.

v. a. Soil, tarnish, sully, taint, stain.

整理:普雷斯利

解釋/意思:

n. a spot of dirt soot &c.: foul matter as soot: Bunt sometimes also Dust-brand the popular name of certain small fungi which infest flowering land-plants esp. the grasses the name derived from the appearance of the spores which are nearly black and very numerous: obscene language.—v.t. to soil with smut: to blacken or tarnish.—v.i. to gather smut: to be turned into smut:—pr.p. smut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. smut′ted.—n. Smut′-ball a fungus of genus Tilletia: a puff-ball.—adj. Smut′tied made smutty.—adv. Smut′tily.—n. Smut′tiness.—adj. Smut′ty stained with smut: affected with smut or mildew: obscene filthy.

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