今日の単語 smithereens

smithereens

今日の単語は smithereens です。英英辞典と英和辞典にある説明を見てみましょう。

a lot of very small broken pieces

If something is smashed or blown to smithereens, it breaks into very small pieces.

〔破壊・爆発などによってできた〕小さな破片

例文を見てみます

The city was bombed to smithereens during the war.

戦争中の爆撃でその街は木っ端みじんになった

The vase smashed to smithereens when it fell.

花瓶が落ちて粉々になった

Retaliating against the sanctions by Apple, Russian man blows his iPad to smithereens – Technology giants like Apple and Google too joined the list of entities which have limited their business in Russia, amid unprecedented invasion in Ukraine. In retaliation of the move, Russian nationals have also started booing the acclaimed brands. A video of a Russian man smashing his Apple iPad with hammer has surfaced on social media. (from The Tribune)

経済制裁への怒りでi-Pad を壊した

Putin’s troops wipe out an entire village off the map ‘smashing it to smithereens’ killing many – Vladimir Putin’s troops have wiped out an entire village off the map and smashed Yakivlivka “to smithereens” killing many innocent civilians. The village of Yakivlivka is north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and there was “no obvious military target” in the area which decimated 45 homes and left four residents dead. (from London Loves Business)

ロシア軍が村全体を木っ端みじんにして地図から消し去った

今日の単語は

smithereens 木っ端みじんに

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