a small flake of soot or other dirt 煤灰,煤粉结片 all those black smuts from the engine. 所有从机车里散落出的煤灰。 ■a mark or smudge made by such a flake 污点,污迹 the curtains were grey with city smuts. 窗帘被城市里的烟灰染成灰色了。
[mass noun]a fungal disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder (谷类)黑穗病
The fungi belong to Ustilago and other genera, order Ustilaginales, class Teliomycetes 引发黑穗病的真菌属于黑粉菌属或其他属,黑粉菌目,冬孢菌纲
[mass noun]obscene or lascivious talk, writing, or pictures 淫秽言谈(或作品、图片) porn, in his view, is far from being harmless smut. 从这种观点来看,黄色作品根本就不是无害的淫秽材料。
(smutted, smutting) [with obj.][often as adj. smutted]
mark with flakes or soot or other dirt 染上污点,被弄脏 the smutted sky. 黑灰弥漫的天空。 ■infect (a plant) with smut 使(植株)染上黑穗病 smutted wheat. 患黑穗病的小麦。
late Middle English (in the sense 'defile, corrupt, make obscene'): related to German schmutzen; compare with smudge. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent