smote
v. 猛打,重擊,打擊( smite的過去式 )
Smote is the past tense of smite.
She smote her breast and rent her garments.
她捶打胸部,撕扯長袍.
A strange sound smote upon our ears.
一聲怪叫震耳欲聾.
Her purity smote him like a blow. It'startled him.
她的純潔於他也彷彿是當頭律喝, 令他震驚.
Tom's heart smote him.
湯姆的良心受到了指責.
Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him.
打個比方說, 他是不能認敵為友.