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smatter 音標拼音: [sm'ætɚ] vt.
vi. 充內行
n. 一知半解,膚淺的知識 充內行一知半解,膚淺的知識 smatter v 1: work with in an amateurish manner; " She dabbles in astronomy"; " He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [ synonym: { dabble}, { smatter}, { play around}] 2: to talk foolishly; " The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [ synonym: { babble}, { blather}, { smatter}, { blether}, { blither}] 3: speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; " She smatters Russian" Smatter \ Smat" ter\, v. i. [ OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.] 1. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter. [ 1913 Webster] Of state affairs you can not smatter. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack. [ 1913 Webster]
Smatter \ Smat" ter\, v. t. 1. To talk superficially about. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Smatter \ Smat" ter\, n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering. [ 1913 Webster] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for " smatter": babble, burst, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, few, fragment, gab, gas, handful, jaw, pash, prate, prattle, rive, scattering, shiver, smash, smattering, spatter, spattering, splinter, sprinkling
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