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单词 splinter
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splinter

noun
/ˈsplɪntə(r)/
/ˈsplɪntər/
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  1. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, metal, glass, etc. that has broken off a larger piece synonym shard
    • splinters of glass
    • to remove a splinter from your finger
    Extra Examples
    • Blood and splinters of bone spattered the floor.
    • I've got a splinter in my finger.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • tiny
    • glass
    • metal
    • …
    verb + splinter
    • get
    • have
    • pull out
    • …
    splinter + verb
    • lodge
    splinter + noun
    • faction
    • group
    • party
    • …
    preposition
    • splinter of
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter; related to splint.

splinter

verb
/ˈsplɪntə(r)/
/ˈsplɪntər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they splinter
/ˈsplɪntə(r)/
/ˈsplɪntər/
he / she / it splinters
/ˈsplɪntəz/
/ˈsplɪntərz/
past simple splintered
/ˈsplɪntəd/
/ˈsplɪntərd/
past participle splintered
/ˈsplɪntəd/
/ˈsplɪntərd/
-ing form splintering
/ˈsplɪntərɪŋ/
/ˈsplɪntərɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] (of wood, glass, stone, etc.) to break, or to make something break, into small, thin, sharp pieces synonym shatter
    • The mirror cracked but did not splinter.
    • The vase splintered into a thousand pieces.
    • splinter something The impact splintered the wood.
    • She could hear the talons shredding and splintering the wood.
  2. [intransitive] (of a group of people) to divide into smaller groups that are no longer connected; to separate from a larger group
    • The party began to splinter.
    • splinter (off) (from something) Several firms have splintered off from the original company.
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter; related to splint.
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