(past smote; past participle smitten)with obj.
1- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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.
不同人群都遭遇了来得过早的夏日流感的侵袭。
1.3
be smitten
be strongly attracted to someone or something深深地迷恋：she was so smitten with the boy.
她深深地迷恋着这个男孩子。
- 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.
教堂里回响着打架声和争斗声。
派生词
smiter
noun词源
Old English smītan 'to smear, blemish', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smijten and German schmeissen 'to fling'.