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单词 bespatter
释义 be·spatter
\bə̇, bē+\ transitive verb
Etymology: be- + spatter
1. : to spatter especially with muck
 < in his little room with the dingy walls … bespattered with printer's ink — Van Wyck Brooks >
2.
 a. : to heap (as abuse or criticism) upon
  < bespattered him with all the vitriolic language at her command >
  : cover with abuse : slander
  < no man in public life had ever been so foully bespattered >
 b. : to render less attractive or valuable : mar, spoil
  < the slick, heartless, elegant phrases of the past still bespatter the poetry — J.H.Plumb >
  < the meaningless abstractions which bespatter history books — Times Literary Supplement >
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