| 单词 | sprinkle |
| 释义 | sprin·kle I. transitive verb 1. a. < it sprinkled rain late in the afternoon, just enough to remove some of the dust from the infield — Nashville Tennessean > < sprinkle a little bird sand on the feeding board — William Powell-Owen > b. < a series of model houses sprinkled about the grounds — Betty Pepsis > 2. a. < sprinkled that roof with lightning rods — Eudora Welty > < his ill-fitting clothes were usually sprinkled with cigarette ashes — Samuel Lubell > b. < sprinkles his programs generously with such light works — Green Peyton > < a propaganda tract sprinkled with glib half-truths — Theodore Brameld > < a heavily wooded section sprinkled with small lakes — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > c. < sprinkled the flowers > < the rain sprinkled the grass > d. < sprinkled edges > < sprinkled calf binding > 3. a. < our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience — Heb 10:22 (Revised Standard Version) > b. intransitive verb 1. < shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times — Lev 14:16 (Authorized Version) > 2. < it began to sprinkle > II. 1. a. < the sprinkle and trickle filter treatment of sewage — Building, Estimating & Contracting > specifically < a brief sprinkle that hardly wet the ground > b. < they came out of the tunnel into a sprinkle of lights and houses — Katherine Mansfield > < gathering field peas or the last sprinkle of late cotton — Frances Gaither > c. < covered it with chocolate sprinkles — Evan Hunter > 2. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含332784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。