sprinkle

CET-6 大学 FREQ #17020 ★★☆☆☆

vt. 洒, 散置, 撒, 点缀 vi. 洒, 撒, 下小雨 n. 洒, 撒, 散置, 小雨, 少量

发音

其它 /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/

词形变化

sprinkles 复数 sprinkles sprinkled sprinkles 三单 sprinklest sprinkleth sprinkling sprinkling 现在分词 sprinkled 过去式 sprinkled 过去分词

别名

spkl. sprankle

教材释义与例句

名词

撒，洒；少量

动词

洒；微雨；散置

动词

洒，撒；下稀疏小雨；喷撒

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A light covering with a sprinkled substance.

    He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.

  2. 2.

    A light rain shower.

  3. 3.

    An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.

  4. 4.

    A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

    及物

    The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.

  2. 2.

    To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

    撒

    糁

    及物

    The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.

  3. 3.

    To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.

    不及物

    It sprinkled outside all day long.

  4. 4.

    To rain very lightly outside.

    不及物

    It sprinkled very early in the morning.

  5. 5.

    To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

scattering sprinkling sparge

上位词 3

shower watering rainshower
动词

同义词 10

dust spit dot splash scatter disperse spatter patter pitter-patter besprinkle

上位词 8

rain wet dust dot discharge scatter disperse rain down

下位词 10

salt spray splash spatter splatter drizzle moisten splosh aerosolise aerosolize

相关短语

holy-water sprinkle

词源

From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”).

来源：wiktionary