besmear
/bih-smeer/US // bɪˈsmɪər //UK // (bɪˈsmɪə) //
涂抹,抹黑,敷衍了事,抹杀
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v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to smear all over; bedaub.
- : to sully; defile; soil: to besmear someone's reputation.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
His intensity of loathing leads him to besmear his antagonists with filth.
Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?
They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.
Madame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.
The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.
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