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单词 splash
释义 splash
I. \ˈsplash, -aa(ə)sh, -aish\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: alteration of plash (IV)
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to strike and dash about a liquid or semiliquid substance : cause the spattering of a liquid or thinly viscous substance
  < the children splash >
  < splashed about in the bath — Elizabeth Goudge >
 b. : to move through or into a liquid or semiliquid substance and cause splashing
  < splashed across the rich black loam of … fields sodden with irrigation water — Rex Keating >
  < splashed overboard and swam ashore — Harriot B. Barbour >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to become splashed or spattered about or upon : spray around or on in drops, columns, sheets, or masses of liquid or semiliquid matter
   < saw a drop of water splash down upon the violet script and spread — Willa Cather >
   < the water splashing out of the tubs upon the stones — Pearl Buck >
   < the road splashed muddily — Christopher Bloom >
  (2) : to become spread or scattered in the manner of a splashed liquid
   < the sunlight splashed over her deck and gear — Thomas Wood †1950 >
 b. : to fall, strike, or move with a splashing sound
  < kept awake by the splashing of water from the faucet >
  < a brook splashing over rocks >
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to dash a liquid or thinly viscous substance upon or against : scatter liquid upon in large quantities
   < poured water into the basin and began to splash her face — Rumer Godden >
   — compare spatter
  (2) : to soil or stain by a splashed liquid
   < don't splash your dress — Margaret Kennedy >
 b. : to cause to appear splashed or spattered : mark or overlay with patches of a different usually contrasting color or of a different texture
  < innumerable peaks, black and sharp, rose grandly into the dark blue sky … their sides streaked and splashed with snow — John Muir †1914 >
  < the white tulle is splashed with segments of Alençon-type lace — New Yorker >
 c. : to cover (a plumbing joint) with melted solder
 d. : to outline hastily or carelessly : draw, paint, write, or relate sketchily : sketch
  < the verbal farce … splashed out for us — Listener >
 e. : to place in a prominent position
  < insurrectionary proclamations were splashed on the walls of the capital — Bernard Frizell >
 f. : to give very conspicuous display to
  < the papers splashed stories about the dapper little general — Newsweek >
2.
 a. : to strike and dash about (as water or mud) : cause (a liquid or thinly viscous substance) to spatter or toss about especially with force
  < she puffed and chugged, splashing the brown waters behind her — Tom Marvel >
  < the pure bright colors which he confidently splashed onto his canvases without even bothering to mix on his palette — Time >
 b. : to scatter in the manner of a splashed liquid
  < the sunset colors were splashed brilliantly across the skies — P.E.James >
3. : to move along (one's way) with splashing
 < a man, wearing a rubber raincoat which glistened in the headlights … splashed his way over toward the car — Erle Stanley Gardner >
4. : to cause to splash a liquid or other substance
 < enjoy splashing waterproof boots into deep puddles — Arnold Bennett >
5.
 a. : to drive (logs) by releasing a head of water confined by a flood dam
 b. : to flood (as a shallow river) with a flush of water (as for driving logs)
6. : to shoot down (as an enemy airplane)
II. noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
1.
 a.
  (1) : liquid hurled or being hurled scatteringly especially with considerable force or in quantities greater than a spattering, as a result of a surface blow, and against or upon something
   < the unskilled diver hit the surface with a great splash of water >
   < a splash of paint on his palette had assumed … the shape of a distorted skull — Herbert Read >
   < white splashes of water were plunging through the six-inch gap in the wooden gate — Bill Alcine >
  specifically : water impounded and then released suddenly (as for splashing logs)
  (2) : a spot or daub from or as if from splashed liquid
   < a mud splash on the fender >
 b.
  (1) Britain : a small shallow puddle or pond
   < an irregular splash of water to give away its foreignness — Elizabeth Bowen >
  (2) Britain : a small amount of soda water
   < Scotch and a splash — J.A.Phillips >
 c. : a large or irregular conspicuous colored patch upon a background or surface : blotch
  < the blossoming trees dot the countryside with splashes of pastel color — American Guide Series: Texas >
2.
 a.
  (1) : the action of striking the surface of a liquid : the causing of a liquid to splash
   < whose placid surface is broken by the swirl and splash of pickerel and salmon — American Guide Series: Maine >
  (2) : the act or process of splashing logs
  (3) : a plunge of short duration and especially accompanied by vigorous movements into water
   < will find a warm shower relaxing and a short cold splash immediately afterward stimulating — Morris Fishbein >
 b. : the action of a liquid striking or falling upon something
  < the steady splash of a light swell upon the shore >
3.
 a. : a sound produced by or as if by a body striking upon or in a liquid
  < tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano — Scott Fitzgerald >
 b. : a sound produced by or as if by a liquid falling, moving forward, being hurled against something, or oscillating back and forth
  < heard the rain coming down in a splash — Edmund Wilson >
 specifically : a splashing sound heard in succussion
4.
 a. : a vivid impression especially resulting from conspicuous or ostentatious activity or appearance
  < the son who has made the biggest splash in the world — Green Peyton >
 b.
  (1) : the practice or an instance of ostentatious display
   < his love of luxury and of splash — M.D.Geismar >
   < hard to believe that the magnificence could increase after the first brilliant splash — C.E.Abernethy >
  (2) : a conspicuous featuring of an item in a newspaper or magazine
   < the story got a robust front-page splashNewsweek >
   < splash headline >
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