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Smooth English Glossy 起皱的 Late Meaning V Form

单词 smooth
音标 [smu:0]
解释 a.光滑的;平稳的;v.弄平,使光滑;消除
红宝书 【英】 光滑的(having an even surface without sharply raised or lowered places, points, lumps, etc.)平稳的(even in movement without sudden changes or breaks)弄平,使光滑(make smoother)消除,排除(remove from a surface)
【考】 varnish : glossy / sand : smooth(油漆出光泽/打磨出 光滑)反义词:corrugated( 起皱的); serrated(锯齿状的); spiny(多刺的)
字源 smooth (adj.)
Old English smoð "smooth, serene, calm," variant of smeðe "free from roughness, not harsh, polished; soft; suave; agreeable," of unknown origin and with no known cognates. Of words, looks, "pleasant, polite, sincere" late 14c., but later "flattering, insinuating" (mid-15c.). Slang meaning "superior, classy, clever" is attested from 1893. Sense of "stylish" is from 1922.
Smooth-bore in reference to guns is from 1812. smooth talk (v.) is recorded from 1950. A 1599 dictionary has smoothboots "a flatterer, a faire spoken man, a cunning tongued fellow." The usual Old English form was smeðe, and there is a dialectal smeeth found in places names, such as Smithfield, Smedley.
smooth (v.)
late Old English smoþ "to make smooth," replacing smeðan "to smooth, soften, polish; appease, soothe;" smeðian "smoothen, become smooth," from the source of smooth (adj.). Meaning "to make smooth" is c.1200. Related: Smoothed; smoothing. Middle English also had a verb form smoothen (mid-14c.).
不择手段背单词 adj. 光滑的; 平稳的; 顺利的; v 使光滑
【类】varnish: glossy = sand: smooth油漆使有光泽的 = 打磨使光滑的
【反】corrugated(adj 起皱的); serrated(adj 锯齿状的); spiny(adj 多刺的)
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