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smudge

noun
🔊/smʌdʒ/
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  1. a dirty mark with no clear shape（模糊的）污迹，污痕 synonym smear
    • a smudge of lipstick on a cup留在杯子上的口红印
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    • She had dark smudges under her eyes from too many sleepless nights.太多不眠之夜，她的眼睛下有黑色的污渍。
    • The boat was just a grey smudge on the horizon.船只不过是地平线上的灰色污迹。
    • She pushed back her hair, leaving a smudge of paint on her face.她向后推头发，脸上留下一丝油漆。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySmudge is used after these nouns:
    • dirt
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘soil, stain’): of unknown origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.

smudge

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they smudge
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he / she / it smudges
🔊/ˈsmʌdʒɪz/
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past simple smudged
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past participle smudged
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-ing form smudging
🔊/ˈsmʌdʒɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] smudge (something) to touch or rub something, especially wet ink or paint, so that it is no longer clear; to become not clear in this way把…擦模糊（或弄得看不清楚）；变模糊
    • He had smudged his signature with his sleeve.他用袖子把自己的签字擦得看不清了。🔊🔊
    • Tears had smudged her mascara.她的睫毛膏被泪水弄糊了。🔊🔊
    • Her lipstick had smudged.她的口红模糊了。🔊🔊
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  2. [transitive] smudge something to make a dirty mark on a surface弄脏；留下污迹 synonym smear
    • The mirror was smudged with fingerprints.镜子上有脏手印。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘soil, stain’): of unknown origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.