smash
英 [smæʃ]
美 [smæʃ]
- vt. 潰す；破産させる；敗走させる
- n. 壊れる；折れる；衝突する；大敗する。
- vi. 押しつぶす；砕く
- adj. ものすごい；非常にセンセーショナル；素晴らしい
英語の語源
- smash (v.)
- 1759, "break to pieces," earlier "kick downstairs" (c. 1700), probably of imitative origin (compare smack (v.), mash (v.), crush (v.)). Meaning "act with crushing force" is from 1813; that of "strike violently" is from 1835. Tennis sense is from 1882. Smash-and-grab (adj.) is first attested 1927.
- smash (n.)
- 1725, "hard blow," from smash (v.). Meaning "broken-up condition" is from 1798; that of "failure, financial collapse" is from 1839. Tennis sense is from 1882. Meaning "great success" is from 1923 ("Variety" headline, Oct. 16, in reference to Broadway productions of "The Fool" and "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly").
例文
- 1. He was near to death after a car smash .
- 彼は衝突事故でもう少しで命を落とすところだった。
- 2.Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.
- 彼らの乗用車とヒンジトラックが正面衝突した。
- 3.The demonstrators used trucks to smash through embassy gates.
- デモ隊はトラックで大使館のドアを突き破った。
- 4.They got a battering ram to smash down the door.
- 彼らは大きな木槌でドアを突き破った。
- 5.The crowd tried to smash down the door of the police station.
- 人の群れが警察署のドアを倒そうとした。
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