| 单词 | smithereens |
| 释义 | smithereens noun[plural] informaluk/ˌsmɪð.ərˈiːnz/us/ˌsmɪð.əˈriːnz/a lot of verysmallbrokenpieces: 碎片，碎屑Thecitywasbombedtosmithereens during thewar.城市在战争中被炸成了瓦砾。 So manyfilmsinvolveeveryone and everything beingblowntosmithereens.许多电影中都有人和东西被炸得粉碎的场景。 Words meaning small pieces and amounts
smithereens| American Dictionarysmithereens plural noun us/ˌsmɪð·əˈrinz/a lot ofsmall,brokenpieces: Thevasesmashedto smithereens when itfell. Examplesofsmithereenssmithereens The global chatter explosion, it seems, is blowing the language tosmithereens. From theCambridge English Corpus When they came back their fishing smacks were battered tosmithereens, and their tackle was all destroyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A retired police officer was blown tosmithereensin his car at 2 o'clock. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The context of the motion we are discussing has therefore been blown tosmithereens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The exchange rate mechanism has been blown tosmithereens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When the polar wind blew, many pensioners' domestic budgets were blown tosmithereensbecause they only had enough money to heat their homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 An object that she picked up and then threw down blew her tosmithereens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It matters not at all to people threatened with a disaster whether they will be blown tosmithereensor merely incinerated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They love that reputation, but today it has been blown tosmithereens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How many marriages were broken tosmithereens, and yet people had to stay together because there was no property base on which they could separate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not only a bad habit but a dangerous one; it can blow a kid's head tosmithereens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When they can they pull it down, trample on it, tear it intosmithereensand spit upon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we all agree that we have abundant means available to blow us all tosmithereens, whatever the finesse and details of the negotiations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That defence was blown tosmithereensat the weekend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The property had no bath; it was broken tosmithereens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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