单词 | splintering |
释义 | splinteringn. The action or process of breaking into splinters. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering shiveringc1400 truncheoning1477 upbreaking1493 confraction?1541 refraction1578 splinting1598 diffraction1654 hatchet work1697 shattering1748 exploding1791 smash1808 explosion1811 splintering1815 blasting1824 shatterment1841 scatteration1880 smashing1886 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. x. 155 A large fragment of the rock..had fallen without any great diminution by splintering. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 276 What splintering of lances there will be about her! 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. vi. 89 On account of the splintering which would ensue should the unarmoured side be struck by shot. 1958 Listener 11 Sept. 366/2 He [sc. Ben-Gurion] is..haunted by a well-nigh perverse splintering of political parties at home. 1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues ii. 62 The distinctions in the names [of Negro Churches] were indicative of the splintering of the churches into separate factions. Derivatives ˈsplintering adj. that splinters; also of sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > crackling crackling1567 decrepitating1819 crinkly1826 splintering1828 crumpling1854 crepitant1855 crackly1859 crickling1873 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces shiveringa1400 shattering1577 splintery1808 splintering1828 bursting1868 brisant1905 smithereening1959 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 323 To produce the greatest damage to any splintering object. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxviii. 292 A splintering crash from inside the Cathedral announced some fresh outrage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1815 |
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