smudge
/smʌdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · [smˈʌdʒ] /smʌdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · [smˈʌdʒ] /ˈsməj How to pronounce smudge (audio)/ (ame, mw)
smudge — 名詞
- smudgesingular
- smudgesplural
1. a small blurred dirty mark left when a finger, ink, grease, or another substance
污痕；髒印
手指或墨水擦過後留下的模糊髒痕
a small blurred dirty mark left when a finger, ink, grease, or another substance rubs across a surface by accident
Bao noticed a black smudge on the light switch after dinner.
Bao 晚餐後注意到電燈開關上有一道黑色污痕。
pattern: a smudge on + surface
A greasy smudge from Omar's thumb marked the phone screen.
手機螢幕上有一道油膩的髒印，是 Omar 的拇指留下的。
smudge from + body part
The letter arrived with a blue smudge across Mira's address.
那封信送到時，Mira 的地址上有一道藍色污痕。
Esme wiped the smudge off the bathroom mirror with a paper towel.
Esme 用紙巾把浴室鏡子上的那道污痕擦掉了。
There was a brown smudge on the wall beside the plug.
插座旁的牆上有一道褐色的髒印。
文法句型
a smudge on + surface
wipe + smudge + off + surface
用法筆記
A smudge is usually a small accidental mark made by a touch or rub, especially from fingers, ink, or grease. Distinguish from sense 2, which is a controlled smoky fire used outdoors.
常見錯誤
2. a slow smoky fire lit outdoors to protect crops from frost or to drive insects a
燻煙火
農地用來防霜或驅蟲的慢燒煙火
a slow smoky fire lit outdoors to protect crops from frost or to drive insects away
Farmers lit smudges in the orchard before the cold night began.
農夫在寒冷夜晚開始前，就在果園裡點起了燻煙火。
light smudges to protect crops
A line of smoky smudges drifted over the orange trees at dawn.
天亮時，一排冒煙的燻煙火飄過橘子樹上方。
The workers kept a small smudge burning to drive mosquitoes away.
工人們讓一小堆燻煙火持續慢燒，好把蚊子趕走。
The guide said each smudge helped keep insects off the grapes.
那位導覽員說，每一堆燻煙火都能幫忙把昆蟲趕離葡萄。
文法句型
light a smudge
keep a smudge burning
用法筆記
This sense is technical and uncommon in everyday speech. It usually appears in farming or gardening contexts, especially when people talk about frost, insects, orchards, or fields.
常見錯誤
smudge — 動詞
- smudgepresent simple I / you / we / they
- smudges3rd person singular
- smudging-ing form
- smudgedpast simple
1. to leave a dirty or blurred mark on something, or to become unclear in this way
抹髒；抹糊
因碰擦而留下髒痕，或變得模糊不清
to leave a dirty or blurred mark on something, or to become unclear in this way after being touched or rubbed
Do not touch the wet ink, or you will smudge the page.
不要碰那還沒乾的墨水，不然你會把那一頁抹糊。
smudge + object
Andrei smudged the mirror with sunscreen while reaching for his bag.
Andrei 伸手去拿包包時，用防曬乳把鏡子抹髒了。
smudge + object + with + substance
Her eyeliner smudged during the bus ride home in the summer heat.
她的眼線在夏天回家那段公車路上糊開了。
The printer had smudged the last line of Christopher's train ticket.
印表機把 Christopher 車票上的最後一行字印糊了。
Rohan tried not to smudge the charcoal drawing with his sleeve.
Rohan 盡量不讓自己的袖子把那幅木炭畫抹糊。
文法句型
smudge + object
smudge + object + with + substance
smudge when touched
用法筆記
Often used for ink, pencil, makeup, paint, or similar soft material that moves when touched. As an intransitive verb, the thing that becomes unclear is the subject, as in 'The ink smudged'.