释义 |
overˈsprinkle, v. [over- 8.] trans. To sprinkle over, besprinkle.
1563Homilies ii. Rebellion vi. (1859) 593 So is there no country..which..hath not been oversprinkled with the blood of subjects. c1576Gascoigne Devyll's Will, Item I geve to the Butchers new freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme..newly kylled. a1849Poe Bells Poems (1859) 73 The stars that oversprinkle All the heavens. |