| 单词 | sprinkle |
| 释义 | sprinkle /spring"keuhl/, v. , sprinkled, sprinkling, n. v.t. 1. to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby. 2. to disperse or distribute here and there. 3. to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like: to sprinkle a lawn. 4. to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there. v.i. 5. to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles. 6. to be sprinkled. 7. to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject): It may sprinkle this evening. n. 8. the act or an instance of sprinkling. 9. something used for sprinkling. 10. Usually, sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like. 11. a light rain. 12. a small quantity or number. [1350-1400; ME sprenklen (v.); c. D sprenkelen, G sprenkeln; akin to OE sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to SPRING] Syn. 1. distribute, rain. SPRINKLE, SCATTER, STREW mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To SPRINKLE means to fling about small drops or particles: to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants. To SCATTER is to disperse or spread widely: to scatter seeds. To STREW is to scatter, esp. in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave. |
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