smack

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++smack1 /smæk/ verb [transitive]  1  HITto hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them 用巴掌打，掴〔小孩，以示惩罚〕 → slap the debate about whether parents should smack their children 有关父母该不该打孩子的辩论► see thesaurus at hit2  HIT[always + adverb/preposition] to hit something hard against something else so that it makes a short loud noise 〔用某物〕啪的一声打 He smacked the money down on the table and walked out. 他啪的一声把钱扔在桌上就走了出去。3  smack your lips HBHHUNGRY/STARVINGto make a short loud noise with your lips before or after you eat or drink something to show that it is good 出声地咂嘴唇〔表示味道好〕 He drained his glass and smacked his lips appreciatively. 他一口气喝光了杯里的东西，满意地咂咂嘴。4. British English informalHIT to hit someone hard with your closed hand 用拳猛击 SYN punch5 smack of something phrasal verb if a situation smacks of something unpleasant, it seems to involve that thing 带有〔令人不快〕的意味 To me, the whole thing smacks of a cover-up. 在我看来，整件事有点藏藏掖掖的感觉。6 smack somebody up phrasal verb informal to hit someone hard many times with your hand 用手痛打，狠掴 Don’t make me come over there and smack you up. 别惹我过来抽你一顿。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

smack• Three years ago, you smacked a girl around and people maybe said she asked for it.• He decided to smack her for this.• He stepped out, and the cold from a recent snow flurry smacked him hard in the face.• The cop beside him smacked him on the arm.• He threw a curveball down, and the batter smacked it dead on.• Father spun round, took three steps towards me and smacked me on the ear.• But surely this smacks of charity; well-meaning but in many cases misguided.• It smacks of yellow journalism...• The first task is to smack the ball up the ramp and enter the rollercoaster ride.

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smack2 noun  1  [countable] a) HITa hit with your open hand, especially to punish a child 打一巴掌〔尤指给小孩的惩罚〕 → slap You’re going to get a smack in a minute! 马上就让你挨巴掌！ b) British English informalHIT a hard hit with your closed hand 〔猛击的〕一拳 SYN punchsmack in the mouth/face/gob Talk like that and I’ll give you a smack in the mouth. 再这样说话，我就让你嘴巴吃拳头。2  [countable usually singular]SOUND a short loud noise caused when something hits something else 啪的一声〔尤指一物打着另一物的响声〕 The book landed with a smack. 书啪的一声掉下来。3. [uncountable] informalMDD heroin 海洛因4. give somebody a smack on the lips/cheek informalKISS to kiss someone loudly 给某人的嘴唇/脸颊一个响吻5. [countable]TTW a small fishing boat 小渔船

Examples from the Corpus

smack• She gave Danny's hand a smack.• If the horse jumps the first fence stickily, a smack on landing will sharpen him up.• Then she raised one foot and brought it down with a smack on the water, splashing him, and laughed.• All you see in the papers now is smack, like.• The little girl gets pulled again, falls with a loud smack.• The occasional smack meted out in a happy, secure home is not going to scar a child's psyche.• So far, she'd just flushed the smack down the loo and shoved the syringes in the bin.• Authoritarians do not apologize for the smack of firm government.smack in the mouth/face/gob• Once again, she hadn't seen it coming; another smack in the face from an unexpected source.• Steve looked as if he'd been smacked in the face with a writ.• Once Williams was smacked in the face by a throw in an international game, breaking her nose.smack3 adverb informal  1  EXACTexactly or directly in the middle of something, in front of something etc 恰好，准确地，不偏不倚地smack in the middle/in front of something etc There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor. 地板正中央有个洞。smack bang British English, smack dab American English It’s smack dab in the middle of an earthquake zone. 它就在震区的正中心。2  HIT/BUMP INTOif something goes smack into something, it hits it with a lot of force 猛烈地，砰的一声〔碰击某物〕 The car ran smack into the side of the bus. 小汽车砰的一声撞到了公共汽车的侧面。

Examples from the Corpus

smack• It came to rest smack against the mountain two miles west of Morrisonville.• Some were smack in the middle of neighborhoods.• I was smack in the middle of this interesting war.• I ran smack into it on Thursday.• I drove smack into the side of the garage.Origin smack1 (1400-1500) Perhaps from Middle Dutch smacken “to hit”. smack of (1300-1400) From smack “taste” ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English smæc smack2 1. (1500-1600) → SMACK12. (1900-2000) Perhaps from Yiddish shmek “sniff, slight smell, small mount of snuff”3. (1600-1700) Dutch smak

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smack¹ /smæk/ verb [transitive]1. to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them ⇨ slap:
    the debate about whether parents should smack their children
2. [always + adverb/preposition] to hit something hard against something else so that it makes a short loud noise:
    He smacked the money down on the table and walked out.
3. smack your lips to make a short loud noise with your lips before or after you eat or drink something to show that it is good:
    He drained his glass and smacked his lips appreciatively.
4. British English informal to hit someone hard with your closed hand
   SYN  punch
     
smack of something phrasal verb [not in progressive]
  if a situation smacks of something unpleasant, it seems to involve that thing:
    To me, the whole thing smacks of a cover-up.
smack somebody up phrasal verb informal
  to hit someone hard many times with your hand:
    Don’t make me come over there and smack you up.

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smack² noun1. [countable]
  a. a hit with your open hand, especially to punish a child ⇨ slap:
    You’re going to get a smack in a minute!
  b. British English informal a hard hit with your closed hand
   SYN  punch
    smack in the mouth/face/gob
    Talk like that and I’ll give you a smack in the mouth.
2. [countable usually singular] a short loud noise caused when something hits something else:
    The book landed with a smack.
3. [uncountable] informal heroin
4. give somebody a smack on the lips/cheek informal to kiss someone loudly
5. [countable] a small fishing boat

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smack³ adverb informal
1. exactly or directly in the middle of something, in front of something etc
    smack in the middle/in front of something etc
    There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.
    smack bang British English smack dab American English:
    It’s smack dab in the middle of an earthquake zone.
2. if something goes smack into something, it hits it with a lot of force:
    The car ran smack into the side of the bus.