| 单词 | spray |
| 释义 | spray (once / 474 pages) 1nv 2n A spray is a jet of small drops of water or liquid vapor. It describes the medicine you use to make your nose less dry or the air freshener you use to make your bathroom less smelly. Though spray has had several incarnations, it is helpful to remember the German root sprühen — “to sparkle” or “to drizzle.” Spray has more than one sense, and can be a verb or a noun: If a whale were to spray you with water, you would be covered in spray. The word can also describe a group of small objects or pieces sent in the air, as in the spray of broken glass caused by your foul ball hitting a window. WORD FAMILYspray: sprayed, sprayer, spraying, sprays+/sprayer: sprayers/spraying: sprayings USAGE EXAMPLESJohn Tortorella sprays Champagne in eyes of every idiot reporter. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Witnesses described diving under tables as he walked around spraying bullets from an automatic rifle. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) The roots extend below the cloth, where they are available to the water-and-nutrients spray. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall Hypo|Hyper sea spray spray from ocean waves spindrift, spoondriftspray blown up from the surface of the sea water vapor, water vapour water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature 2n a jet of vapor Hyper jet, spirt, spurt, squirt the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) 3n a quantity of small objects flying through the air a spray of bullets Syn|Hyper spraying small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 4n a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying Hyper pesticide a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) 5n a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist Syn|Hypo|Hyper atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, sprayer airbrush an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air dispenser a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts 6v scatter in a mass or jet of droplets spray water on someone spray paint on the wall Hypo|Hyper shower spray or sprinkle with atomise, atomizespray very finely mistspray finely or cover with mist syringespray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle distribute loosely 7v cover by spraying with a liquid spray the wall with paint Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 8v be discharged in sprays of liquid 2Water sprayed all over the floor Hyper disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle distribute loosely n flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage Hyper floral arrangement, flower arrangement a decorative arrangement of flowers |
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