Word
smartings
/ˈsmɑːtiŋ/
noun
剧烈疼痛；刺痛
smartings is the plural of smarting.
a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- 1.
A sensation that smarts or stings.
刺痛或灼痛的感觉。
刺痛或灼痛的感觉。
In use
After touching the hot stove, he felt a sharp smarting in his fingertips.
The smarting from the bee sting gradually subsided after applying cream.
She was still smarting from the criticism she received at the meeting.
smarting (from sth) [n]
smarting 作不可数名词，指持续的刺痛感。
The smarting from the burn slowly subsided.
烧伤的刺痛慢慢消退了。
smart at/from sth [v]
动词表示因某事而感到精神或身体上的刺痛。
She smarted at the unfair criticism.
她对这不公正的批评感到刺痛。
be smarting with pain [v]
强调疼痛的强烈程度。
His skin was smarting with pain after the insect bite.
被虫咬后他的皮肤火辣辣地疼。
Common mistakes
He felt a smarting in his hand.He felt smarting in his hand.
‘smarting’作为名词时是不可数名词，不能与不定冠词‘a’连用。
The insect bite smarted her.The insect bite smarted.
动词‘smart’是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；此处应去掉宾语。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
名词时不可数，动词为不及物。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.