smithereens

FREQ #29215

n. 碎片

发音

IE /smɪðəˈɹiːnz/
UK /smɪðəˈɹiːnz/
US /ˌsmɪðəˈɹinz/

词形变化

smithereen only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items.

    碎片

    齑粉

    非正式 仅复数

    The urn shattered into smithereens the moment it hit the ground.

    When the waiter dropped the platter, one smithereen struck him above the knee, and the four remaining smithereens scattered across the floor.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

collection accumulation aggregation assemblage

词源

Uncertain. The following words, all first attested later than the headword, have been compared: * Irish smidiríní, smiodairíní (“smithereens”), from smiodar (“broken piece, fragment”) + -ín (suffix forming diminutive nouns) + -í (slender form of -aí (suffix forming plurals of some nouns)). * smither (“fragment; atom”), which would be suffixed with -een (forming diminutive nouns in Irish English). * Hiberno-English (Wexford) smaddereen, a variant of smattering (“small amount or number of something; shallow or superficial knowledge of a subject”). * Hiberno-English (Wexford) smithered, smashed

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