单词	splinter
释义	splinter1 nounsplinter2 verb splintersplin‧ter1 /ˈsplɪntə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsplinter1 Origin: 1300-1400 Middle Dutch Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES She sucked so hard that she drew the splinter of wood out of her finger. The doctor removed the small steel splinters that had lodged themselves in my leg in the explosion. The window smashed and splinters of glass flew everywhere. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Edward pulls out the splinter and hugs her to his chest to quench the flame. He'd given up woodwork, having driven a splinter through his thumbnail. They concluded that she would be exposed to great danger from a splinter of flax. With the death of Stravinsky, it was a mass of splinters. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora small piece of something bigger► fragment a small piece of something bigger, such as cloth, dishes, or building materials. that has been broken or torn: · The bullet had pierced the bone, leaving behind fragments which the surgeon was unable to remove.fragment of: · He was piecing together torn fragments of a letter.· The excavation of a Roman town house revealed fragments of a mosaic floor. ► scrap a very small piece of something such as paper, cloth, or food that is no longer useful or needed: · The birds would eat any leftover food scraps.scrap of: · He scribbled a note on an old scrap of paper.· This quilt was lovingly made from scraps of material. ► splinter an extremely small, thin, and sharp piece of something such as wood, glass, or metal that was formed when the wood, glass, or metal was broken: · The doctor removed the small steel splinters that had lodged themselves in my leg in the explosion.splinter of: · The window smashed and splinters of glass flew everywhere.· She sucked so hard that she drew the splinter of wood out of her finger. ► chip a small, irregularly-shaped piece of something such as wood or stone that remains after someone has been cutting or working with the wood or stone: · Wood chips covered the floor in the carpenter's workshop.chip of: · After the decorators had left there were chips of plaster all over the lobby. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a shard/splinter of glass (=a sharp piece of broken glass)· People were injured by shards of glass following the explosion. ► a splinter group (=that has separated from another political or religious group)· A Social Democratic Party ( SDP), formed as a splinter group of the Socialist Party of Serbia. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► group · He was a leader of the 1892 splinter group in the Berlin Society.· A week before the election a splinter group of the Moro National Liberation Front had taken several nuns captive.· He added that splinter groups should not be pulling the carpet out from under the coalition.· Every splinter group of liberalism was to centre round a café table.· He'd quarrelled with them, and formed a splinter group of one.· In Berlin a splinter group formed within the Society, but it did not secede until 1898.· According to evidence given in the trial, the Commandos of Sacrifice were a Nahda splinter group. a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece:  I’ve got a splinter in my finger.splinter of splinters of glass—splintery adjective splinter1 nounsplinter2 verb splintersplinter2 verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE splinter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they splinter he, she, it splinters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they splintered Present perfect I, you, we, they have splintered he, she, it has splintered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had splintered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will splinter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have splintered Continuous Form Present I am splintering he, she, it is splintering you, we, they are splintering Past I, he, she, it was splintering you, we, they were splintering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been splintering he, she, it has been splintering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been splintering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be splintering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been splintering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Ice storms splintered whole forests of trees in British Columbia. In the late 1980s the Communist party splintered into two factions. The coating helps prevent the glass from splintering if it is hit by a rock while you are driving. These types of wood splinter more easily than redwood or cedar. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Countries splinter, regional trading blocs grow, the global economy becomes ever more interconnected. Even the March sun looks changed as it splinters off the chrome on the fold-away camp bed. In the area there are only limestone rocks which splinter easily and so are unsuitable for an inscription. Outside the places where wealth resided the world had also splintered into tribes and camps of the most primitive and bizarre form. So the civil rights movement began to splinter, and young blacks in particular followed more militant leaders. The massive ranges of the Andes have splintered the country into hundreds of valleys and basins. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto break into a lot of pieces► break into pieces/bits · One of the mugs rolled off the table and broke into bits on the stone floor.· Investigators are not sure what caused the plane to break into pieces and plunge into the ocean. ► break up if a large object breaks up , it breaks into a lot of pieces especially as a result of natural forces, or serious damage: · The ice breaks up quicker near the shore.· Two of the missiles apparently broke up in flight.· The comet was formed when a planet broke up at some time in the distant past. ► fall to bits/pieces British go to pieces American to break into a lot of small pieces, especially because of being weak, old, or badly made: · The book had been read again and again, until it finally fell to pieces.· I picked the bag up, and it went to pieces in my hands.· The trunk was full of old dresses, some of which were falling to pieces. ► fall apart/come apart to break easily into pieces, especially because of being badly made or very old: · I only bought these shoes last week, and they're falling apart already.· His jacket started coming apart at the seams. ► disintegrate if something disintegrates , it breaks into a lot of small pieces so that it is completely destroyed or so that it completely changes its form: · A 50-foot section of the roadway began to disintegrate after only a few cars had passed over it.· The plane disintegrated in midair.· The mummified man's clothes had disintegrated almost completely, but appeared to be mainly of leather and fur. ► shatter if something, especially glass, shatters , it breaks suddenly into a lot of very small pieces because it has been dropped or hit: · The glass had shattered, but the photograph itself was undamaged.· Storefront windows shattered and roofs blew off during the hurricane.· Don't try to drive nails into the bricks, they may shatter. ► smash to noisily break into pieces as a result of being dropped or hit: · I heard something smash. What broke?smash to pieces/bits: · The bottle rolled off the table and smashed to pieces on the floor. ► splinter if something such as wood splinters , it breaks into thin, sharp pieces: · These types of wood splinter more easily than redwood or cedar.· The coating helps prevent the glass from splintering if it is hit by a rock while you are driving. ► crumble to break easily into a powder or into small pieces, especially as a result of being old or dry: · The autumn leaves crumbled in my fingers.· Some of the tiles are crumbling around the edges. ► burst if something such as a tyre or a pipe bursts , the force of the air, water etc inside makes it break into many pieces: · The Concorde disaster was caused by a tyre bursting.· Thousands of gallons of oil flowed into the river when an oil pipeline burst. ► blow especially American if a tyre blows , it breaks open suddenly and all the air comes out of it: · One of the tires blew and they skidded into the center divider. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a shard/splinter of glass (=a sharp piece of broken glass)· People were injured by shards of glass following the explosion. ► a splinter group (=that has separated from another political or religious group)· A Social Democratic Party ( SDP), formed as a splinter group of the Socialist Party of Serbia. 1if something such as wood splinters, or if you splinter it, it breaks into thin sharp pieces2to separate into smaller groups or parts, or to make a group or organization do this, especially because of a disagreementsplinter into The once-powerful Communist Party has splintered into hundreds of pieces.
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