English Dictionary

smooth

IPA（発音記号）

/smuːð/

動詞

他動詞 ウェスト・カントリー方言

(transitive) To make smooth or even. / (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten. / (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.

日本語の意味

表面や形状を滑らかにする。または平らにする。 / 何かに圧力をかけて、特定の形状に整える。 / 物事を単純化または容易にする。

She used a palette knife to smooth the wet plaster on the wall.

彼女はパレットナイフで壁の濡れた漆喰を滑らかにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To make smooth or even.

She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.

意味（2）

(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.

to smooth cloth with a smoothing iron

意味（3）

(transitive) To make straightforward or easy.

Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.

意味（4）

(transitive) To calm or palliate.

to smooth a person's temper

意味（5）

(statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.

[…] the 7-month moving averages provide better smoothing of the data in this case than do the 3-month moving averages.

意味（6）

(West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

Can I smooth your cat?

smooths （ present singular third-person ）

smoothing （ participle present ）

smoothed （ participle past ）

smoothed （ past ）