- [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. 再次执行此操作，您将一无所获。
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. 她把手打在桌子上。 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. 一想到达成交易，他们就大吃一惊。