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单词 smashing
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Definition of smashing in English:

smashing

adjective ˈsmaʃɪŋˈsmæʃɪŋ
British informal
  • Excellent; wonderful.

    〈非正式,主英〉极好的,很棒的

    you look smashing!

    你看上去漂亮极了!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But as the years go by, we realize what a smashing wonderful star she was.
    • Reaction to his role in MIT was excellent, he says, with ‘some lovely reviews and smashing comments’.
    • Thank you everyone, marvellous entertainment and smashing, friendly people, lots of them!
    • Letting famous film directors direct operas has resulted in both smashing successes and dismal failures.
    • All indications suggest it will be a smashing success.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, excellent, splendid, magnificent, superb, amazing, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful
    informal super, great, amazing, fantastic, terrific, tremendous, phenomenal, sensational, heavenly, stellar, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, awesome, amazeballs, magic, ace, cool, mean, bad, wicked, mega, crucial, mind-blowing, far out, A1, sound, out of this world, marvy, spanking, dope, def, phat
    British informal brilliant, brill, bosting
    North American informal peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat, badass, boss, radical, rad, boffo, bully, bitching
    US informal on fleek
    Australian/New Zealand informal beaut, bonzer
    South African informal kif, lank
    informal, dated groovy, divine
    British informal, dated capital, champion, wizard, corking, cracking, ripping, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer
    North American informal, dated swell, keen
    archaic goodly

Derivatives

  • smashingly

  • adverb
    British informal
    • Zen 8 was out of salmon skin, but we hit the jackpot at Sushi Kawa - the salmon was smashingly crispy, the rolls expertly composed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The tour is going absolutely, smashingly well.
      • At this point the music changes to a jolly bouncy tune, sung absolutely smashingly by Oliver Reed.
      • Everything comes together smashingly, in an extended dénouement that… reasserts the power of stories and songs to represent, sustain and complete us.
      • Our presentation to the president and company went smashingly, and it was an unqualified success.

Definition of smashing in US English:

smashing

adjectiveˈsmaSHiNGˈsmæʃɪŋ
British informal
  • Excellent; wonderful.

    〈非正式,主英〉极好的,很棒的

    you look smashing!

    你看上去漂亮极了!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thank you everyone, marvellous entertainment and smashing, friendly people, lots of them!
    • All indications suggest it will be a smashing success.
    • Reaction to his role in MIT was excellent, he says, with ‘some lovely reviews and smashing comments’.
    • Letting famous film directors direct operas has resulted in both smashing successes and dismal failures.
    • But as the years go by, we realize what a smashing wonderful star she was.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, excellent, splendid, magnificent, superb, amazing, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful
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