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発音

• IPA: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/
• 韻: -æʃɪŋ

形容詞

smashing (comparative more smashing, superlative most smashing)

1. Serving to smash (something).

   The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.

2. (originally US, now British and Ireland) Wonderful, very good or impressive.

   We had a smashing time at the zoo.

   • 2010, Toby Whithouse, “The Vampires of Venice”, in Doctor Who, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill):

     Um, the reason for this call is because I haven’t told you for seven hours that I love you, which is a scandal! And even if we weren’t getting married tomorrow, I’d ask you to marry me anyway. Yes I would, because you are smashing!

派生語

名詞

smashing (plural smashings)

1. The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner.

   Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.

   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 117:

     Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit.

   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 43:

     As soon as this danger was appreciated there followed a nervous smashing and chopping of triffids everywhere, until it occurred to someone that all that was necessary to make them harmless was the removal of the actual stinging weapon.

2. The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed.
3. The hitting of something extremely hard.
4. The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something.
5. (informal, idiomatic) An overwhelming victory or success.
6. The deformation of something through continuous pressure.
7. (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
8. (slang, archaic) A disastrous failure of something.

派生語

動詞

smashing

1. present participle and gerund of smash

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アナグラム

• mashings, mishangs, shamings