smash

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smash1 /smæʃ/ ●●○ verb  1  [intransitive, transitive]BREAK to break into pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it 粉碎；打碎；砸碎 Vandals had smashed all the windows. 破坏分子打碎了所有的窗子。 Firemen had to smash the lock to get in. 消防员不得不砸锁而入。 Several cups fell to the floor and smashed to pieces. 有几个杯子掉到地上摔得粉碎。► see thesaurus at break →5 see picture at 见图 damage, break2  [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]PUT to hit an object or surface violently, or to make something do this （使）猛撞，猛击，猛掷 A stolen car smashed into the bus. 一辆被偷的汽车猛地撞上了公共汽车。 He smashed his fist down on the table. 他把拳头狠狠地砸在桌上。3  smash a record to do something much faster, better etc than anyone has done before 打破纪录 The film smashed all box office records. 这部影片打破了所有的票房纪录。4  [transitive]DESTROY to destroy something such as a political system or criminal organization 摧毁；粉碎；消灭 Police say they have smashed a major crime ring. 警方说他们捣毁了一个主要的犯罪团伙。5. [transitive]DST to hit a high ball with a strong downward action, in tennis or similar games 〔在网球等运动中〕杀〔球〕，猛扣〔球〕 →5 see picture at 见图 tennis6.smash something ↔ down phrasal verb HIT/BUMP INTOto hit a door, wall etc violently so that it falls to the ground 击倒〔门、墙等〕7 smash something ↔ in phrasal verb DESTROYto hit something so violently that you break it and make a hole in it 将〔某物〕砸穿 The door had been smashed in. 这扇门被砸穿了。smash somebody’s face/head in (=hit someone hard in the face or head) 猛击某人的脸/头部 I’ll smash his head in if he comes here again! 他要是再来，我就打碎他的脑袋！8 smash something ↔ up phrasal verb DESTROYto deliberately destroy something by hitting it 〔故意〕撞毁，打碎 Hooligans started smashing the place up. 流氓开始对这个地方进行打砸。→ See Verb table

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smash• Firefighters smashed a bedroom window and rescued a two-year-old girl.• Police authorities say they have smashed a sophisticated insurance fraud ring.• The burglars entered the house by smashing a window.• The stock market rose so quickly it smashed all previous records.• Her camera was smashed by soldiers when she tried to take photographs.• She drove three kicks into his shins and smashed her handbag into the side of his head.• The vase fell and smashed into a million tiny pieces.• They used to smash it down, and it inevitably wound up spilling all over the car.• The violence apparently escalated as white and black youths turned over a bus and began smashing shop windows.• And they drank a toast and smashed the Dixie cups underfoot and turned out the light and went to lunch.• It smashed through the gates, tearing them off their hinges as though they were made of plastic.• No force of nature, nothing paradoxical or demonic, he had no drive for smashing through the masks of appearances.• The boat hit the rocks and was smashed to pieces by the waves.• The bottle rolled off the table and smashed to pieces on the floor.• I heard something smash. What broke?smashed to pieces• Anything that gets in his way is smashed to pieces.• They were smashed to pieces, as if some one had ground them underfoot.• Would the idyll she had dreamed of be there again, not smashed to pieces as it seemed to be?• It had been smashed to pieces because Timothy Gedge had followed them.

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smash2 noun  1  [countable] British EnglishACCIDENT a serious road or railway accident – used especially in newspapers 严重的交通事故；车祸〔尤用于报纸上〕 SYN crash Young boy hurt in car smash. 男童在车祸中受伤。2  [countable] (also smash hit) a new film, song etc which is very successful 非常成功的新电影[新歌曲等] a box-office smash (=a film which many people go to see at the cinema) 高票房电影3. [countable]DST a hard downward shot in tennis or similar games 〔网球等的〕杀球，扣球 →5 see picture at 见图 tennis4  [singular]SOUND the loud sound of something breaking 撞碎声，破碎声smash of He heard the smash of glass. 他听到玻璃打碎的声音。

Examples from the Corpus

smash• Julia Roberts' beauty didn't stop Pretty Woman becoming a smash at the box office.• Gives it a smash, gives it a rip.• Suddenly, there was a smash in the kitchen.• the latest Broadway smashOrigin smash1 (1600-1700) Perhaps from smack + mash

smash1 verbsmash2 nounChinese  

noisily, or to or to violently pieces Corpus make into break

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smash¹ /smæʃ/ verb
1. [intransitive and transitive] to break into pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it:
    Vandals had smashed all the windows.
    Firemen had to smash the lock to get in.
    Several cups fell to the floor and smashed to pieces.
2. [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit an object or surface violently, or to make something do this:
    A stolen car smashed into the bus.
    He smashed his fist down on the table.
3. smash a record to do something much faster, better etc than anyone has done before:
    The film smashed all box office records.
4. [transitive] to destroy something such as a political system or criminal organization:
    Police say they have smashed a major crime ring.
5. [transitive] to hit a high ball with a strong downward action, in tennis or similar games
     
smash something ↔ down phrasal verb
  to hit a door, wall etc violently so that it falls to the ground
smash something ↔ in phrasal verb
  to hit something so violently that you break it and make a hole in it:
    The door had been smashed in.
    smash sb’s face/head in (=hit someone hard in the face or head)
    I’ll smash his head in if he comes here again!
smash something ↔ up phrasal verb
  to deliberately destroy something by hitting it:
    Hooligans started smashing the place up.

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smash² noun
1. [countable] British English a serious road or railway accident – used especially in newspapers
   SYN  crash:
    Young boy hurt in car smash.
2. [countable] (also smash hit) a new film, song etc which is very successful:
    a box-office smash (=a film which many people go to see at the cinema)
3. [countable] a hard downward shot in tennis or similar games
4. [singular] the loud sound of something breaking
    smash of
    He heard the smash of glass.