Speck
[spek] or [spɛk]
解释:
(noun.) a very small spot; 'the plane was just a speck in the sky'.
(verb.) produce specks in or on; 'speck the cloth'.
整理:莱克格斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
(n.) A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.
(n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
(n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
(v. t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.
手打:尼尔
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Stain, spot, flaw, blemish, blot.[2]. Bit, mite, mote, atom, particle, corpuscle, scintilla, small thing.
v. a. Spot, stain (in spots).
整理:尼古拉斯
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Blemish, mite, bit, spot, particle,[See SORT]
校对:马奇
解释:
n. a spot: a blemish: a mark betokening decay: a separate piece or particle an atom the least morsel or quantity: a percoid fish of the United States a darter.—v.t. to spot.
n. fat lard.—n. Specktioneer′ the chief harpooner in whale-fishing.
录入:罗兰
例句:
- In each case, there is an arrangement of glass and metal, an eye, and a little speck of light in the distance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- You'll make out that there's a speck of something or another there, and you'll know it's me, and you'll come down that cause'ay to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The moon would be a speck the size of a small pea, thirty inches from the earth. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- What Jo would give for a sight of that famous speck! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Only a small, mechanical speck of consciousness hovered near him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Not only this, but on the table I found a small ball of black dough or clay, with specks of something which looks like sawdust in it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Rather specks I am, said Sam; did yer see Missis up stars at the winder? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- They range from mere specks scarcely visible with a powerful magnifying glass, to large black spots or clusters of large or small black specks sometimes quite plain to the naked eye. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- White specks and bubbles are common flaws, which vary in size and which may be best illustrated by looking at a pane of glass in your window. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- There you will find small knots, white bubbles and whitish specks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The little flotilla was drifting into the light, a company of white specks in the distance. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He knew that some of these specks even represented Christopher as capable of harbouring designs in 'that head,' and as being a crafty impostor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices, as the fishermen called to one another. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
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