smut
/smʌt/ (bre, ipa) · /smʌt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsmət/ (ame, mw)
smut — 名詞
- smutsingular
- smutsplural
1. writing, photos, films, or jokes about sex that many people see as rude or shock
色情書刊
令人反感的色情文字、圖片或笑話
writing, photos, films, or jokes about sex that many people see as rude or shocking.
Nadia's grandmother refused to keep any smut on the bookshelf in her living room.
Nadia 的祖母不肯把任何色情書刊放在客廳的書架上。
uncountable: 'any smut'
The new website was banned for selling smut to teenagers across three countries.
那個新網站因為向青少年販賣色情書刊，在三個國家被禁。
collocation: sell / ban smut
Half the jokes in the comedy show were pure smut, so several parents walked out.
那場喜劇表演有一半的笑話都是低俗的黃色內容，好幾位家長因此中途離場。
The old magazine was full of smut, with photos no library would put on its shelves.
那本舊雜誌滿是色情內容，裡面的照片沒有任何圖書館會擺上書架。
Valentina threw away a box of smut she found hidden under her brother's bed.
Valentina 把她在弟弟床底下發現的一箱色情書刊丟掉了。
- pornography
more formal and neutral; smut adds a tone of disgust
- filth
informal; also covers offensive talk beyond sex
用法筆記
Uncountable and disapproving: the speaker is judging the material as cheap or offensive, not just describing sexual content neutrally.
常見錯誤
2. a black mark, or the dirty powder such as soot, that is left behind after someth
煤灰污痕
燃燒後留下的黑色污垢或痕跡
a black mark, or the dirty powder such as soot, that is left behind after something burns and rubs onto a surface.
Rania wiped a streak of smut off the white wall above the old coal fire.
Rania 把舊煤火爐上方白牆上的一道煤灰污痕擦掉。
collocation: wipe off smut
After cleaning the chimney, Lan found smut on her sleeves, her face, and her boots.
清完煙囪後，Lan 發現袖子、臉上和靴子都沾了煤灰。
The factory chimneys left a layer of smut on every windowsill in the narrow street.
工廠的煙囪在那條窄巷每一扇窗台上都留下一層煤灰。
A small smut from the candle had landed on the clean tablecloth.
蠟燭掉下的一小塊黑灰落在乾淨的桌布上。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about physical black dirt from burning, never about sexual content. Often appears with 'wipe', 'layer', or 'streak'.
3. a disease of crops such as wheat and corn, caused by a fungus that turns parts o
黑穗病
由真菌引起、危害小麥等作物的病害
a disease of crops such as wheat and corn, caused by a fungus that turns parts of the plant into black dusty spores.
Smut destroyed nearly half of Chidi's wheat before he could harvest the field.
黑穗病在 Chidi 來得及收割前，毀掉了田裡將近一半的小麥。
collocation: smut destroys / affects a crop
The farming guide explains how smut spreads from one corn plant to the next.
那本務農指南說明黑穗病如何從一株玉米傳到下一株。
Scientists at the institute are testing seeds that can resist smut and other fungal diseases.
研究所的科學家正在測試能抵抗黑穗病和其他真菌病害的種子。
Black dust from the smut covered Mira's hands as she pulled up the sick plants.
Mira 拔起生病的植株時，黑穗病的黑色粉塵沾滿了她的雙手。
用法筆記
A specialist farming and biology term. Distinguish from sense 2: here the black material is fungal spores on a living crop, not soot from a fire.
smut — 動詞
- smutpresent simple I / you / we / they
- smuts3rd person singular
- smutting-ing form
- smuttedpast simple
1. to leave dirty black marks on something using soot, ash, or other burnt material
燻黑；弄髒
用煙灰把東西弄出黑色髒痕
to leave dirty black marks on something using soot, ash, or other burnt material.
The thick smoke from the fire smutted every painting on the gallery wall.
大火冒出的濃煙把畫廊牆上每一幅畫都燻黑了。
transitive: smut + object
Yael was careful not to smut her white gloves while clearing out the old grate.
Yael 清理舊壁爐爐柵時，小心不要把她的白手套弄髒。
Years of candle smoke had smutted the ceiling of the small village church.
多年的蠟燭煙把那座小村教堂的天花板燻得發黑。
Nila warned the children not to smut their clean shirts on the fireplace bricks.
Nila 提醒孩子們別讓壁爐的磚塊把乾淨的襯衫弄黑。
文法句型
smut + something
用法筆記
Rare and somewhat old-fashioned; the subject is usually smoke, soot, or a sooty object. Distinguish from verb sense 2, which is about plant disease.
2. to give a crop the fungal disease called smut, or for a crop to catch this disea
感染黑穗病
使作物染上或染上黑穗病
to give a crop the fungal disease called smut, or for a crop to catch this disease.
The wet summer smutted much of the barley grown along the river valley.
潮濕的夏天讓河谷沿岸種的大麥大半都感染了黑穗病。
transitive: weather smuts a crop
If the corn smuts early, Vivek will lose most of his income for the year.
如果玉米太早染上黑穗病，Vivek 一整年的收入大半都會泡湯。
intransitive: 'the corn smuts'
Untreated seeds can smut an entire field within a single growing season.
未經處理的種子可能在一個生長季內就讓整片田都染上黑穗病。
Élise noticed that the oats had smutted again, just like the previous spring.
Élise 注意到燕麥又染上了黑穗病，就跟去年春天一樣。
文法句型
smut + crop
crop + smuts
用法筆記
A specialist farming term. Used both transitively (something smuts the crop) and intransitively (the crop smuts). Distinguish from verb sense 1, which is about soot, not disease.