请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sprent
释义

sprent

[ sprent ]
/ sprɛnt /

adjective Archaic.

sprinkled.

Origin of sprent

First recorded in 1505–15; past participle of obsolete sprenge “to sprinkle,” Middle English sprengen, Old English sprengan; cognate with Old High German, Middle High German, German sprengen, Old Norse sprengja “to cause to jump”; cf. sprinkle

Words nearby sprent

sprechgesang, sprechstimme, spree, spree killer, sprekelia, sprent, sprier, spriest, sprig, spriggy, sprightful
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for sprent

  • Look at yon carven shield,Above the chantry door, No blazoned pride bedecks its field,But emblems five sprent o'er.

    The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West|William Henry Hamilton Rogers
  • He had an arrow right through his mouth, nailed to a tree was he, and the grass all sprent with him.

    The Serf|Guy Thorne
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/22 9:45:08