Smashing means very good, excellent, lovely. It is British and Irish, warm and cheerful, and slightly old-fashioned — you hear it from older speakers, in cookery programmes, on the radio.

Smashing means very good, excellent, lovelysmashing的意思是很棒、很優秀、很可愛。It is British and Irish這是英國和愛爾蘭的用法, warm and cheerful, and slightly old-fashioned溫暖、開朗，而且有點老派 — you hear it from older speakers, in cookery programmes, on the radio你會從年紀比較大的人、烹飪節目、廣播裡聽到它。

It can describe almost anything nice: a smashing meal, a smashing day out, a smashing bloke. It is also a common one-word reply meaning 'great!' — 'I'll be there at seven.' 'Smashing.' It is informal but perfectly polite; it will never offend anyone.

It can describe almost anything nice它幾乎可以形容任何美好的東西: a smashing meal, a smashing day out, a smashing bloke像「a smashing meal」（很棒的一餐）、「a smashing day out」（很棒的一天出遊）、「a smashing bloke」（很棒的傢伙）。It is also a common one-word reply meaning 'great!'它也常常單獨當回答用，意思是「太好了！」 — 'I'll be there at seven.' 'Smashing.'——「I'll be there at seven.」「Smashing.」It is informal but perfectly polite這樣說很口語，但完全禮貌; it will never offend anyone絕對不會冒犯到任何人。

Americans understand it but rarely say it, and to them it can sound comically British.

Americans understand it but rarely say it美國人聽得懂，但很少自己說, and to them it can sound comically British對他們來說，這聽起來會像是很滑稽的英式腔調。

Where does the 'good' meaning come from? Probably from smash in smash hit — a huge success — which is why something smashing feels like a hit rather than a breakage. There is a popular story that it comes from Irish 'is maith sin' ('that is good'), because the sounds are close, but dictionary scholars think that is unlikely. It is a nice story; just don't teach it as fact.

Where does the 'good' meaning come from?「很棒」這個意思是從哪裡來的呢？Probably from smash in smash hit — a huge success大概是來自smash hit（大轟動、大成功）裡的smash, which is why something smashing feels like a hit rather than a breakage這就是為什麼smashing的東西感覺像是「大成功」，而不是「打碎」。There is a popular story that it comes from Irish 'is maith sin' ('that is good')有一個流行的說法是它來自愛爾蘭語的「is maith sin」（意思是「那很好」）, because the sounds are close因為發音很接近, but dictionary scholars think that is unlikely但辭典學者認為這不太可能。It is a nice story; just don't teach it as fact這是個不錯的故事，但不要把它當事實來教。

And of course smashing is also the plain -ing form of the verb: 'he was smashing the plates.'

And of course smashing is also the plain -ing form of the verb而且smashing當然也是動詞smash的-ing形式: 'he was smashing the plates.'像「he was smashing the plates.」（他當時正在打碎那些盤子）。