Sprinkle
['sprɪŋk(ə)l] or ['sprɪŋkl]
解释:
(noun.) the act of sprinkling or splashing water; 'baptized with a sprinkling of holy water'; 'a sparge of warm water over the malt'.
(verb.) scatter with liquid; wet lightly; 'Sprinkle the lawn'.
(verb.) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; 'She splashed the water around her'.
(verb.) rain gently; 'It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick'.
弗雷迪手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
(v. i.) To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
(v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
(v. i.) To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
(v. i.) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.
(v. i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
(n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
(n.) A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.
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同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Scatter, strew.[2]. Bedew, besprinkle.
v. n. Rain (moderately).
坎迪编辑
解释:
v.t. to scatter in small drops or particles: to scatter on: to baptise with a few drops of water: to purify.—v.i. to scatter in drops.—n. an aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.—ns. Sprin′kle Sprin′kling a small quantity sprinkled: in book-binding the mottling of the edges of trimmed leaves by scattering a few drops of colour on them; Sprin′kler.
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例句:
- You can tell them to sprinkle a little vinegar about the place where he sleeps and to keep it moderately cool and him moderately warm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I wish first, my dear,' remarked the cherub faintly, 'that you'd have the kindness to sprinkle me with a little milk, for I feel as if I was--Going. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The user was expected to sprinkle the liquid over the fire just as salt is sprinkled from a saltcellar over meat. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I got a drum and went over to the potato farm and sprinkled it on the vines with a pot. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Round the doorway the floor was merely sprinkled with rain, and not saturated, which told her that the door had not long been opened. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- If a wire is passed through a card and a strong current is sent through the wire, iron filings will, when sprinkled upon the card, arrange themselves in definite directions (Fig. 227). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The half-dark waters were sprinkled with lovely bubbles of swaying lights, the launch did not look far off. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Prawns fresh from the sea sprinkled with lime juice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love, make the flame blaze the brighter. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The user was expected to sprinkle the liquid over the fire just as salt is sprinkled from a saltcellar over meat. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Gramercy for the few drops of thy sprinkling, replied De Bracy; but this damsel hath wept enough to extinguish a beacon-light. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He found Mary in the garden gathering roses and sprinkling the petals on a sheet. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But the sprinkling was a swarm in the Twickenham cottage, and filled it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Clouds are dark flat patches in the grain, of a brownish color, and appear as a sprinkling of dust in a small patch in the interior. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Men who in their youth took part in crusades against the Tenderloin now admit in a crestfallen way that they succeeded merely in sprinkling the Tenderloin through the whole city. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- No sprinkling is required if the sponges are kept moist. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Use by sprinkling, or moistening blotting paper with the solution. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
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