Question of the Day #701

Novak Djokovic famously gave a fan his title-winning racquet at Roland Garros, but he's not against smashing one to smithereens, either.

From the caption of the top photo of this article at Tennis.com.

上記の文で、smithereensの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "smithereens" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉〔破壊・爆発などによってできた〕小さな破片

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

small broken pieces: FRAGMENTS, BITS

Examples

• The city was bombed to smithereens during the war.
• So many movies involve everyone and everything being blown to smithereens.
• The fragile dish broke into smithereens.
• Any such attempt, of course, would get laughed into smithereens on Twitter. — Washington Post, 27 June 2021
• Those most terrible weapons have been hovering around Verdansk since early on in its lifespan, spurring on speculation that the developer would be blowing the map to smithereens. — Dave Thier, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021

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