1.Through the smudgy glass that separates musicians from music journalists, Gordon was nevertheless treated as a novelty.
英：[ˈsmʌdʒi]
美：[ˈsmʌdʒi]
smudg·y
smuh ji
比较级:smudgier
最高级:smudgiest
smudgily (adv.), smudginess (n.)
verb
transitive verb
to make a smudge on
to soil as if by smudging
to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner
to make indistinct : blur
smudged the writing
to smoke or protect by means of a smudge
intransitive verb
to make a smudge
to become smudged
noun
a blurry spot or streak
an immaterial stain
cleanse him of every last smudge of impropriety—Richard Hanser
an indistinct mass : blur
a smoldering mass placed on the windward side (as to protect from frost)
a bid of four in pitch that if made wins the game
1859年，意为“肮脏、弄脏或变黑”，源自 smudge（名词）和 -y（2）。1865年开始有“模糊、不清晰”的意思。相关词汇： Smudginess。
Verb Middle English smogen
The first known use of smudge was in the 15th century
smut1 of 2verb
to stain, soil, or affect (a crop or plant) with smut
to become affected by smut
smut2 of 2noun
matter that soils or blackensespecially: a particle of soot
any of various destructive diseases of plants caused by fungi that transform plant organs (as seeds) into dark masses of sporesalso: a fungus that causes a smut
indecent language, pictures, or writing
smugadjective
highly satisfied with oneself : complacent
smugadjective
highly satisfied with oneself : complacent
smuggleverb
to export or import secretly and unlawfully especially to avoid paying taxes
smuggle jewels
to take, bring, or introduce secretly
smuggleverb
to export or import secretly and unlawfully especially to avoid paying taxes
smuggle jewels
to take, bring, or introduce secretly
smuggleverb
to export or import secretly and unlawfully especially to avoid paying taxes
smuggle jewels
to take, bring, or introduce secretly
smugadjective
highly satisfied with oneself : complacent
smudge1 of 2verb
to make a smudge on
to soil as if by smudging
to make a smudge
a chalk that does not smudge
to become smudged
charcoal drawings smudge easily
smudge2 of 2noun
a blurry spot or streak : smear
stain entry 2 sense 2
a fire made to smoke (as for protecting fruit from frost)
1.Through the smudgy glass that separates musicians from music journalists, Gordon was nevertheless treated as a novelty.
2.The earliest pieces at the Morgan are small smudgy studies, in oil paint on blotting paper, of triangular and X-shaped patterns that may have pre-Columbian sources.
3.He got to the heart of the brand with new bags: big totes and duffels in his favorite smudgy green and blue colors.
4.Often there was a deliberate melding of opposing attitudes — the army-style cropped hair and longer bangs, boots versus sandals and dark, smudgy tones lightening to brighter colors.
5.I licked my thumb and wiped at that blackbird tattoo, leaving a smudgy black spot on my hand.
6.All the vases and baskets were stuffed with broken pens, dried-up gumdrops, sprung paper clips and smudgy erasers.
7.Her language, like dots of colored light pinging from a smudgy mirrored ball, casts an intoxicating if unsettling glow.
8.But the jumpy, smudgy imagery also recalls that of photographs made with extremely long exposures, or with a camera in swooping motion as the shutter is clicked.
9.The cookies had stuck to one another, and when I pried them apart, I was left with smudgy cookies with sad, pink bald spots showing through the coating.
10.I imagined that I was coloring inside the lines of a coloring book, but the pencil was waxy and smudgy and an eye is nothing like a flat sheet of paper.
11.In "Deathly Hallows 2" a major character transforms into ash, floating in a gray, smudgy sky.
12.The lines, made with graphite or silverpoint, waver slightly; the surfaces are often smudgy or blotchy.
13.We even had a series of smudgy gray closeups of Julius’s head and organs, like photographs of a poltergeist, to prove it.
14.Two smudgy markings serve as comfortingly familiar bookends for a series of living and dead subjects: wilted flowers, a Shaker-style chair, a plucked pigeon, friends and family members, and a pet dog.
15.With their smudgy lines and soft colors, the paintings have the contours of realism while also dabbling in abstraction.
16.My teachers used to write out the drafts of their books and papers by hand, with expensive, though smudgy, fountain pens, and the departmental secretaries would type them up over the summer break.
过去我的老师们总是用价格贵还容易把手弄脏的钢笔亲手写出他们的著作和论文的手稿，系里的秘书们再利用暑假的时间用打字机把这些手稿打出来。
17.This design doesn't attract fingerprints, though the outer display does get smudged from time to time.
18.It is fairly obvious that grandmotherhood has softened Ms. Roitfeld, she of the smudgy eyeliner, the haphazard hair and the look that could reduce a competitor to mush.
19.The show also includes three splendidly smudgy charcoal drawings by David Nash that represent the British artist’s tree sculptures.
20.He even recruits Fleet Foxes, who more than a decade ago brought a keening shimmer to roots-friendly indie rock, making music that was epiphanic and smudgy, and a little grating.
