shatter
US: /ˈʃætɝ/
UK: /ʃˈætɐ/
UK: /ʃˈætɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
shatter /'ʃætə/
- ngoại động từ
- làm vỡ, làm gãy
- làm tan vỡ, làm tiêu tan; làm đảo lộn
- to shatter somebody's hope: làm tiêu tan hy vọng của ai
- nội động từ
- vỡ, gãy
- tan vỡ, tiêu tan
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 ~ (sth) (into sth) to suddenly break into small pieces; to make sth suddenly break into small pieces: [V] He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor. + [VN] The explosion shattered all the windows in the building. + the sound of shattering glass
2 ~ (sth) (into sth) to destroy sth completely, especially sb's feelings, hopes or beliefs; to be destroyed in this way: [VN] Anna's self-confidence had been completely shattered. + Injury shattered his dreams of competing in the Olympics. + Her experience of divorce shattered her illusions about love. + [V] My whole world shattered into a million pieces.
3 [VN] to make sb feel extremely shocked and upset: The unexpected death of their son shattered them.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 disintegrate, burst, pulverize, shiver, smash, demolish, break (to smithereens), splinter, fragment, fracture, dash to pieces:
If you hadn't caught the vase, it would have shattered into a million pieces
2 destroy, ruin, devastate, wreck, dash, crush, demolish, torpedo, undermine, blast:
Any dreams he might have had of being published were shattered by the rejection letter
3 upset, disturb, perturb, trouble, unnerve, overcome, overwhelm, crush, devastate, depress, deject, rattle, shake (up), unsettle, agitate, confound, confuse, stupefy, daze, stun, paralyse, Colloq throw:
He was shattered by the news of Mill's death.
Collocation dictionary
1 break into very small pieces
ADV.
completely
PHRASES
shatter (sth) into pieces
The mirror shattered into a thousand pieces.
2 destroy sth completely
ADV.
completely
an event that completely shattered her life
| abruptly, brutally, rudely, suddenly
The moment was abruptly shattered by the sound of Mia's loud voice.
Concise English dictionary
shatters|shattered|shattering'ʃætə(r)
verb
+break into many pieces
+break into many pieces
