smackdown

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发音

UK /ˈsmækdaʊn/
其它
US /ˈsmækˌdaʊn/

词形变化

smackdowns 复数 smackdowns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A physical or emotional confrontation; a battle, a fight; also, a bitter rivalry.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A significant or humiliating setback or defeat; a beating, a thrashing.

    非正式

词源

Deverbal from smack down (“to defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way”), from smack (“sharp blow, slap”, noun) + down. Influenced by earlier throwdown. Popularized by: * the United States professional wrestling television programme WWF SmackDown! (first broadcast on April 29, 1999), now called WWE SmackDown and produced by World Wrestling Entertainment; and * the phrase lay (or put) the smack down (“to start a fight”).

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