smeary

a. 污染的, 油污的, 能产生污迹的

发音

AU /ˈsmɪəɹi/
其它 /ˈsmɛːɹi/
UK /ˈsmɪəɹi/
US /ˈsmɪɹi/
US /ˈsmɪɚi/
US /ˈsmiɹi/
SCOT /ˈsmiɹɪ/
SCOT /ˈsmiɹe/
NZ /ˈsmiəɹi/

词形变化

smearier 比较级 smearier smeariest smeariest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having or showing smears.

  2. 2.

    Tending to smear or soil.

  3. 3.

    Having a consistency like grease; covered with such a substance.

    1896, W. S. Gilbert, The Grand Duke, Act I, in The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, New York: The Modern Library, 1936, p. 675, When your lips are all smeary—like tallow, And your tongue is decidedly yallow, With a pint of warm oil in your swallow, And a pound of tin-tacks in your chest

词源

From Middle English *smery, *smeri, from Old English smeoruwiġ (“fatty, greasy, unctious, smeary”), from Proto-West Germanic *smerwig, equivalent to smear + -y.

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