smarting
smarting — 動詞
- smartingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- smartings3rd person singular
- smartinging-ing form
- smartingedpast simple
1. if a part of your body is smarting, it gives you a sudden sharp burning feeling,
刺痛；灼痛
身體某處感到尖銳的灼熱疼痛
if a part of your body is smarting, it gives you a sudden sharp burning feeling, often from a cut, a slap, or something getting into it.
Rohan's eyes were smarting from the thick smoke in the kitchen.
廚房裡濃煙瀰漫，Rohan 的眼睛被熏得刺痛。
smarting from [cause that irritates the body]
The cold wind left Sofie's cheeks smarting as she walked to school.
冷風吹得 Sofie 的臉頰一路走到學校都還在刺痛。
[body part] + smarting after exposure
After the bee sting, the boy's arm kept smarting for almost an hour.
被蜜蜂螫到後，那男孩的手臂刺痛了將近一個小時。
Soap got into the cut, and Eli felt his knee smarting at once.
肥皂跑進傷口裡，Eli 的膝蓋立刻一陣刺痛。
Her hand was still smarting where the hot pan had touched it.
她的手被熱鍋燙到的地方還在灼痛。
文法句型
[body part] + be smarting
smarting from [cause]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a body part (eyes, skin, hand) or the cause is given with 'from'. Distinguish from sense 2: this is real physical pain, not hurt feelings.
常見錯誤
2. to still feel hurt, angry, or ashamed after you have failed at something or been
耿耿於懷
因失敗或被批評而心裡仍隱隱作痛
to still feel hurt, angry, or ashamed after you have failed at something or been strongly criticised.
Bilal was still smarting from the rude comments his coach made after the match.
比賽後教練說的那些難聽話，讓 Bilal 至今還耿耿於懷。
smarting from [criticism]
The team kept smarting over their loss to a much weaker side.
輸給了實力差很多的隊伍，這支隊伍一直難以釋懷。
smarting over [a defeat]
Months later, Ezra was still smarting from being passed over for the job.
幾個月過去了，Ezra 對於沒被錄取那件事仍然心裡難受。
Sade left the meeting smarting after her idea was openly laughed at.
她的點子當場被嘲笑，Sade 帶著一肚子委屈離開了會議。
The whole class was smarting from the harsh review their play had received.
他們的戲被狠狠批評了一頓，全班都還在難受。
文法句型
smarting from [criticism/defeat]
still smarting over [event]
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'still' and followed by 'from' or 'over' naming the failure or criticism. Distinguish from sense 1: the pain here is emotional, not a feeling in the body.
常見錯誤
smarting — 名詞
1. the sharp burning feeling left behind by a small injury, like a graze, a slap, o
刺痛感
小傷口帶來的尖銳灼熱痛感
the sharp burning feeling left behind by a small injury, like a graze, a slap, or an insect bite.
Indra rubbed her eyes to ease the smarting from the chopped onions.
Indra 揉了揉眼睛，想緩解切洋蔥造成的刺痛感。
the smarting from [an irritant]
The cold water took away the smarting in Theo's grazed knee.
冷水沖走了 Theo 擦傷膝蓋上的刺痛感。
the smarting in [an injured body part]
Lucía felt a sudden smarting as the antiseptic touched the open cut.
消毒藥水一碰到那道裂開的傷口，Lucía 就感到一陣刺痛。
The smarting of the slap stayed on the boy's face long after.
那一巴掌的刺痛感，在男孩臉上久久沒有散去。
文法句型
the smarting of [body part]
用法筆記
Usually uncountable and followed by 'of', 'in', or 'from' naming the body part or cause. The matching verb sense (verb/1) is far more common than this noun.