Word
smutch
/smʌtʃ/
verb
弄脏；涂污
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- 1.
To soil, stain or smudge.
弄脏,污损
弄脏,污损；弄脏
In use
Don't smutch the painting with your dirty fingers.
The chimney sweep smutched the carpet when he walked across it.
The child was smutching the window with chocolate from her hands.
smutch sth
He smutched his white shirt with ink.
他用墨水弄脏了白衬衫。
a smutch of sth
There was a smutch of dirt on his face.
他脸上有一块污迹。
be smutched with sth
The fabric was smutched with grease.
布料被油脂弄脏了。
Verb forms
base smutch · third person smutches · -ing smutching · past smutched · past participle smutched
Common mistakes
The ink smutched on the paper.The ink smutched the paper.
Smutch 是及物动词，必须直接跟宾语，不能单独作为不及物动词使用。
He smutched a stain on his shirt.He smutched his shirt.
Smutch 作动词时，宾语应为被弄脏的物体（如衬衫），而非污迹本身。
Connections
Learner notes
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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