smack
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they smack | |
| he / she / it smacks | |
| past simple smacked | |
| past participle smacked | |
| -ing form smacking |
- [transitive] smack somebody/something (especially British English)
to hit somebody with your open hand or an object, especially as a punishment 用巴掌打；掴 I think it's wrong to smack children. 我觉得打孩子不对。 Do that again and you’ll get your bottom smacked. 再这样做，你会被打屁股的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc2I smacked him hard across the face. 我使劲给了他一耳光。 She smacked the boy on his leg. 她拍了一下男孩的腿。 I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler. 我不小心用尺打了他的脸。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- on
- [transitive] smack something + adv./prep.
to put something somewhere with a lot of force so that it makes a loud noise 啪的一声使劲放（或扔、甩等） She smacked her hand down on the table. 她把手啪的一声放在桌子上。 He smacked a fist into the palm of his hand. 他用拳头啪地猛击一下手掌。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accidentally
- hard
- against
- into
- smack somebody across the face
- smack somebody in the face
- smack somebody on the shoulder
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to hit against something with a lot of force 使劲碰（或撞） Two players accidentally smacked into each other. 两名运动员不巧撞在了一起。 He turned around and smacked into a wall. 他一转身撞到了墙。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accidentally
- hard
- against
- into
- smack somebody across the face
- smack somebody in the face
- smack somebody on the shoulder
- …
Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘part (one's lips) noisily’): from Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin; compare with German schmatzen ‘eat or kiss noisily’. smack of something. Old English smæc ‘flavour, smell’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smaak and German Geschmack.
Idioms
smack/lick your lips
to move your tongue over your lips, especially before eating something good （尤指在吃好东西前）舔嘴唇 - (informal)
to show that you are excited about something and want it to happen soon 迫不及待；渴望 They were smacking their lips at the thought of clinching the deal. 一想到要达成交易，他们就咂咂嘴。