smear /smiә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) slanderous defamation
• (n.) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
• (v.) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

Chinese translation

• vt. 涂, 擦上, 玷污, 把...擦模糊
• vi. 被弄脏
• n. 污点, 污迹, 污蔑

Word details

Part of speech

verb / noun

Pronunciation

/smiә/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

TOEFL · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.46 · Super Super Rare

Word forms

smeared, smearing, smears

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