shatter
/ˈʃætə(r)/verb
1- break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces（使）粉碎; 砸碎：
no obj. bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded子弹把酒吧柜台打得满是窟窿, 杯子粉碎, 瓶子爆裂
with obj. the window was shattered by a stone.窗子被一块石头砸碎。
1.1
- with obj. damage or destroy (something abstract)破坏, 摧毁（抽象物）：
the crisis will shatter their confidence.
危机会摧毁他们的信心。
1.2
- with obj. upset (someone) greatly使心烦意乱, 使震惊：
everyone was shattered by the news
听到这个消息, 大家都十分震惊
as adj. shattering he found it a shattering experience.他觉得那是一次令他极为震惊的经历。
1.3
- with obj. [usu. as adj. shattered] informal exhaust (someone)〈非正式〉使精疲力竭：
I usually feel too shattered to do more than crawl into bed.
我通常疲惫得只有力气爬上床睡觉。
派生词
shatterer
nounshatteringly
adverbshatterproof
adjective词源
Middle English （in the sense 'scatter, disperse'）：perhaps imitative; compare with SCATTER.