smack
verb/smæk/
/smæk/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they smack | /smæk/ /smæk/ |
| he / she / it smacks | /smæks/ /smæks/ |
| past simple smacked | /smækt/ /smækt/ |
| past participle smacked | /smækt/ /smækt/ |
| -ing form smacking | /ˈsmækɪŋ/ /ˈsmækɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] smack somebody/something (especially British English) to hit somebody with your open hand or an object, especially as a punishment
用巴掌（或东西）打；掴 - I think it's wrong to smack children.
我觉得打孩子不对。 - Do that again and you’ll get your bottom smacked.
再做一次，你就会被打屁股。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc2- I smacked him hard across the face.
我使劲给了他一耳光。 - She smacked the boy on his leg.
她拍了一下男孩的腿。 - I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler.
我不小心用尺打了他的脸。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- on
- I think it's wrong to smack children.
- [transitive] smack something + adv./prep. to put something somewhere with a lot of force so that it makes a loud noise
啪的一声使劲放（或扔、甩等） - She smacked her hand down on the table.
她啪地一拍桌子。 - He smacked a fist into the palm of his hand.
他用拳头啪地猛击一下手掌。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accidentally
- hard
- against
- into
- smack somebody across the face
- smack somebody in the face
- smack somebody on the shoulder
- …
- She smacked her hand down on the table.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to hit against something with a lot of force
使劲碰（或撞） - Two players accidentally smacked into each other.
两名运动员不巧撞在了一起。 - He turned around and smacked into a wall.
他一转身撞到了墙。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accidentally
- hard
- against
- into
- smack somebody across the face
- smack somebody in the face
- smack somebody on the shoulder
- …
- Two players accidentally smacked into each other.
Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘part (one's lips) noisily’): from Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin; compare with German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’. smack of something. Old English smæc ‘flavour, smell’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smaak and German Geschmack.
Idioms
smack your lips
- to move your lips, apart noisily, especially before eating something good
移动你的嘴唇，大声地张开，尤其是在吃东西之前 - (also lick your lips)(informal) to show that you are excited about something and want it to happen soon
迫不及待；渴望 - They were smacking their lips at the thought of clinching the deal.
一想到要达成这笔交易，他们就咂嘴。
- They were smacking their lips at the thought of clinching the deal.