| 单词 | splinter |
| 释义 | splin·ter I. 1. a. (1) < gloves … protect a worker from sharp steel splinters — Michael Cawley > < the steering wheel … was knocked into splinters by an enemy shot — Edward Breck > (2) < flying splinters of ice — William Beebe > < irradiated for a moment now and then by splinters shooting through the darkness — E.K.Brown > b. < this process does seem to split up the whole religious group into many splinters — J.O.Nelson > 2. 3. < carped at lesser breeds who failed in some splinter of the religious law — Interpreter's Bible > < contributed various splinters of hackwork — Clifton Fadiman > < no mere splinter of a peak, but a majestic mountain — Claudia Cassidy > II. transitive verb 1. a. < the walls were splintered by the explosion > b. < liberal opinion … was marshaled, integrated, and effective; it is splintered now — G.W.Johnson > < ownership has been splintered into so many tiny and inadequate parcels — J.D.McGoldrick > 2. obsolete intransitive verb 1. a. < heard the thud of hooves lashing out and timbers splintering — Robinson Jeffers > b. (1) < the politicians hope the veterans splinter and never wield their strength together — J.B.Martin > (2) < will splinter off to form a third party — Newsweek > 2. < the rain was splintering, half frozen, against the kitchen window — Marjorie Housepian > III. < splinter party > < splinter group > < plagued by splinter politics — Economist > < the splinter votes … are considerably dispersed — Irving Kolodin > |
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