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单词 splintering
释义

splinteringn.

/ˈsplɪntərɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as splintered adj.
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.
attributive.1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 59 Their splintering powers are certainly very extensive indeed.

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).
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