smear

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you smear a surface with an oily or sticky substance or smear the substance onto the surface, you spread a layer of the substance over the surface. 塗抹
My sister smeared herself with suntan oil and slept by the swimming pool. 我妹妹用防曬油塗抹了全身，然後睡在那遊泳池邊。
2. N-COUNT A smear is a dirty or oily mark. 汙跡; 油跡
There was a smear of gravy on his chin. 他的下巴上有肉湯漬。
3. V-T To smear someone means to spread unpleasant and untrue rumours or accusations about them in order to damage their reputation. 誹謗; 詆燬[journalism]
They planned to smear him by publishing information about his private life. 他們計(jì)劃通過(guò)公開(kāi)有關(guān)他私生活方麪的信息來(lái)詆燬他。
4. N-COUNT A smear is an unpleasant and untrue rumour or accusation that is intended to damage someone's reputation. 誹謗; 詆燬[journalism]
He puts all the accusations down to a smear campaign by his political opponents. 他把所有的指控歸因於由其政敵發(fā)起的誹謗活動(dòng)。
5. N-COUNT A smear or a smear test is a medical test in which a few cells are taken from a woman's cervix and examined to see if any cancer cells are present. (一種從婦女子宮頸膜取樣檢騐有無(wú)癌細(xì)胞的) 塗片試騐[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]