English Dictionary

smear

IPA（発音記号）

/smɪə(ɹ)/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A mark made by smearing. / (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.

日本語の意味

こすりつけられたことにより生じた汚点や跡 / （数えられる場合も数えられない場合もあり）人物の評判を傷つけることを目的とした、根拠のない悪意ある中傷や噂

She noticed a smear on her sleeve and wondered what had caused it.

彼女は袖の汚れに気づき、何がついたのか不思議に思った。

意味（1）

A mark made by smearing.

This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.

意味（2）

(countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.

I should have held him quite beneath my Notice, as is all he utters, but that the Appetite of Slander, in many, is too predominant; and, ’tis possible, when the filthiest Fellow throws a Profusion of Dirt, some may chance to stick, if not timely thrown off; I shall endeavour therefore, to wipe away the sooty Smears of this Chimney-sweeper, by relating a simple Fact, which will, I flatter myself, amply confute the malicious Tales of this unprovoked, rancorous Mortal:

意味（3）

(biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.

意味（4）

(medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).

I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear.

意味（5）

(radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.

In television terms, a certain amount of smear, ringing, and anticipatory overshoot are indigenous to VSB transmission.

意味（6）

(climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact

意味（7）

(music) A rough glissando in jazz music.

smears （ plural ）