smirch
/smɜː(r)t͡ʃ/
- vt.
- 沾污，弄脏
- n.
- 脏污，污点
中文释义来自 ECDICT
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词源链
- 英语English
smirch
词源说明
From Middle English *smorchen ("to spatter, soil"; attested in besmorchid (“bespattered, soiled all over”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a derivative of Middle English smeoren, smuren, smeren (“to smear”) or related to Middle English smotry (“sooty, grimy”). Compare also Middle English bismotered (“bespattered, soiled”), Old French esmorcher (“to torture”), Middle English smoterly, smoterlich (“besmirched”), modern English smut.
释义
名词noun
- 1archaicDirt, or a stain.
- 2figurative, archaicA stain on somebody's reputation.
动词verb
- 1transitive, archaicTo dirty; to make dirty.
- 2transitive, figurative, archaicTo harm the reputation