smudge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /smʌd͡ʒ/    美 /smʌd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one. countable,uncountable
    — There was a smudge on the paper.
  2. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation. countable,uncountable
  3. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. US,countable,uncountable
    — Then "smudges" are in vogue,—heaps of damp combustibles placed on the windward side of the house and partially ignited, that their inky steams may smother the mosquitoes while we take our chance. I have had a "smudge" made in a chafing-dish at my bedside, after a serious deliberation between choking and being devoured at small mouthfuls; and I conscientiously recommend choking, or running the risk of it, at least.
  4. A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation. countable,especially,uncountable
    — Devil's dirt or asafetida ground together with fenugreek and black cumin seed is used as a smudge against witches and […]
动词 v.
  1. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
  2. To soil or smear with dirt.
  3. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
  4. To stifle or smother with smoke.
  5. To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation). intransitive
  6. To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging). transitive
    — This is easily done using incense to smudge yourself or taking a cleansing bath. To smudge your body use an incense mixture such as sandalwood, lavender, frankincense or myrrh.

词形变化

smudges plural smudges present,singular,third-person smudging participle,present smudged participle,past smudged past

词汇关系

衍生词
antismudge besmudge onion smudge smudge attack smudge cell smudge pot smudgeproof resmudge smudgeable smudger
相关词
smudgily smudginess smudgy

词源

词源 1
Derived from the verb (see below). Doublet of smutch.
词源 2
From Middle English *smogen (attested in the gerund smogynge (“soiling, smudging”)), of obscure origin. Compare Middle English besmudded, bismuddet (“filthy”), Middle English smod (“filth, obscene behaviour”), Middle Dutch smoddich (“filthy, dirty”), German schmutzig (“dirty, filthy”).
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