shatter
shatter 英 [ˈʃætə(r)] 美 [ˈʃætɚ]
vt. 粉碎；打碎
进行时:shattering 过去式:shattered 过去分词:shattered 第三人称单数:shatters
- When you shatter something, you smash it or break it into small bits. If your sister hits a baseball directly into the kitchen window, the window will shatter — and your sister will be in big trouble.
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- vt. 粉碎；打碎
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1. He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor.
他失手把花瓶掉到地板上摔碎了。
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2. the sound of shattering glass
玻璃破碎的声音
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3. The explosion shattered all the windows in the building.
大楼所有的玻璃都在爆炸中震碎了。
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4. Anna's self-confidence had been completely shattered.
安娜的自信心彻底崩溃了。
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5. The unexpected death of their son shattered them.
儿子的意外死亡给他们带来沉重的打击。
- shatter (v.) early 14c., transitive, probably a variant of Middle English scateren (see scatter (v.)). Compare Old Dutch schetteren Low German schateren. Formations such as scatter-brained had parallel forms in shatter-brained, etc. Intransitive sense from 1560s. Related: Shattered; shattering. Carlyle (1841) used shatterment. Shatters "fragments" is from 1630s.
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