smite

smite
(past smote ; past participle smitten )
  1. [with obj.](poetic/literary)strike with a firm blow
    (诗/文)重打，猛击
    he smites the water with his sword.
    他用剑猛击水。
    ■(archaic)defeat or conquer (a people or land)
    (古)击败（某人）；占领（某地）
    he may smite our enemies.
    他可能会打败我们的敌人。
    ■(usu.be smitten)(figurative)(especially of disease) attack or affect severely
    (喻)（尤指疾病）袭击，侵袭
    various people had been smitten with untimely summer flu.
    许多人遭遇不合时令的夏日流感的侵袭。
    ■(be smitten)be strongly attracted to someone or something
    深深地迷恋
    she was sosmitten with the boy.
    她深深地迷恋着这个男孩子。
noun
  1. (archaic)a heavy blow or stroke with a weapon or the hand
    (古)（用武器或手）重打；猛击
    the kirk rang with slaps and smites.
    教堂里回响着击打声和猛烈的争斗声。
派生
smiter
noun
语源
  1. Old English smītan 'to smear, blemish', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smijten and German schmeissen 'to fling'
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