Word · Frequency #4098
smarting
刺痛；引起刺痛
smarting is the present participle of smart.
to hurt or sting, or to cause a sharp stinging pain
- 1.
To hurt or sting.
感到疼痛或刺痛
- 2.
To cause a smart or sting in.
引起疼痛或刺痛
- 3.
be the source of pain
引起疼痛
- 4.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
感到精神剧痛或悲伤；受到严厉惩罚；感到邪恶的刺痛
感到痛苦；伤心；受惩罚；感到疼痛或刺痛；引起疼痛或刺痛；引起疼痛；感到精神剧痛或悲伤；受到严厉惩罚；感到邪恶的刺痛
In use
My eyes smarted from the smoke.
The cut on my finger smarted whenever I touched it.
Her harsh words made him smart with embarrassment.
Verb forms
base smart · third person smarts · -ing smarting · past smarted · past participle smarted
规则动词，表示刺痛或感到疼痛。
Connections
Collocations
- smart from
- 因…而刺痛
- His eyes smarted from the smoke.他的眼睛被烟熏得刺痛。
- smart with
- 因…感到痛苦
- She was still smarting with humiliation.她仍因受辱而痛苦。
- smart for
- 因…吃苦头
- You'll smart for this!你会为此吃苦头的！
- smart over
- 为…感到难过
- He is still smarting over the loss.他仍在为那次失败感到难过。
- smart under
- 因…而愤愤不平
- They smarted under the unfair treatment.他们因不公正的待遇而愤愤不平。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 smart 里的 s 想象成针尖，刺一下就是 smart（刺痛）；它作形容词时才表示‘聪明’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：physical stinging (eyes, skin, wounds)、emotional hurt after criticism or failure、old-fashioned/formal: being punished ‘smart’作动词时，用于身体疼痛（如眼睛或皮肤刺痛）时语气较中性；用于因批评、失败等感到难过或愤愤不平，在书面/新闻语境中比较常见；表示‘受惩罚’的用法偏陈旧、正式。口语中更常用 hurt 或 sting，具体语气依搭配和语境而定。
Grammar Note
仅作不及物动词，表示刺痛
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 smart 押韵：重读音节都是 /ɑr/，后面跟着 /t/，拼写都以 -art 结尾。注意形近词 warm /wɔrm/、war /wɔr/ 和 smile /smaɪl/ 虽然含 sm- 或 ar，但读音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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