smitten

FREQ #19314

smite的过去分词

发音

UK /ˈsmɪ.tn̩/
US /ˈsmɪ.tn̩/
AU /ˈsmɪ.tn̩/

词形变化

more smitten 比较级 most smitten 最高级

别名

smittened

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    past participle of smite.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Affected by an act of smiting.

  2. 2.

    Affected by an act of smiting.

    Made irrationally enthusiastic.

  3. 3.

    Affected by an act of smiting.

    In love.

    At the end of the long procession came a smitten woman. […] I think of the women who have fastened the tendrils of their heart's affection round unworthy men, and have married them, hoping, trusting and believing that their love and influence would be powerful enough to win the men to sobriety and virtue. Alas! how mistaken they have been!

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

potty stricken infatuated enamored in love

近义相关 2

loving affected

相关短语

smitten kitten smitten kittens smitten hip and thigh smite hip and thigh 痛打

词源

From Middle English smiten, from Old English smiten, ġesmiten, from Proto-Germanic *smitanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to hurl; fling”), equivalent to smite + -en (past participle ending).

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