Smooth

(noun.) the act of smoothing; 'he gave his hair a quick smooth'.

(verb.) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; 'smooth the surface of the wood'.

(verb.) free from obstructions; 'smooth the way towards peace negotiations'.

(adj.) lacking obstructions or difficulties; 'the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly' .

(adj.) having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; 'smooth skin'; 'a smooth tabletop'; 'smooth fabric'; 'a smooth road'; 'water as smooth as a mirror' .

(adj.) of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; 'a smooth ride' .

(adj.) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth .

编辑:尼特

• The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• But the wheels had hard tires, the roads and many of the streets were not smooth, the vehicle got the name of the bone-breaker and its use ceased. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• These slippery smooth walls would give him no chance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• My friends find for me a place in a college, where I teach as at home, and earn enough to make the way smooth for Franz and Emil. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Replacing her daughter on the couch, she smoothed the pillow and spread the sheet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr Venus involuntarily smoothed his countenance, and looked at his hand, as if to see whether any of its speaking properties came off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Carefully selecting one long tress, she smoothed it down with her hands, and held it out towards her lover. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• By a strange fatality Juliet alone escaped, and she to the last waited on her relatives, and smoothed the pillow of death. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The lady was very happy at the flowers, Nastasia said, smoothing her apron. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I am not at all sure that I should be befriending your son by smoothing his way to the future possession of Featherstone's property. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• What is your great mode of smoothing and managing, Tom? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Mrs. Pryor, bending over the pale little sufferer, was now smoothing the hair under her cap, and gently raising her pillow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Every day I learn to do things smoother and better. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Laurie had vanished round the bend, Jo was just at the turn, and Amy, far behind, striking out toward the smoother ice in the middle of the river. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The machine which exists is accepted in all its essentials: the goo-goo yearns for a somewhat smoother rotation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He was smoother and more polite to me than the elder; but I saw this. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A tide of quiet thought now came gently caressing my brain; softer and softer rose the flow, with tepid undulations smoother than balm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She was _my_ rival, heart and soul, though secretly, under the smoothest bearing, and utterly unknown to all save her and myself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Despite his tranquillity, a somewhat heavy brow speaks temper, and reminds you that the smoothest waters are not always the safest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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