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单词 sprinkling
释义 sprinkling
noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sprenkling, from gerund of sprenklen, sprinklen to sprinkle — more at sprinkle
1. : the act or process of one that sprinkles
2.
 a. : a limited quantity or amount : a slight portion : modicum
  < has a sprinkling of learning >
  < hasn't even a sprinkling of common sense >
 b. : a small quantity falling or made to fall in scattered drops or particles
  < a sprinkling of snow >
  < a sprinkling of pepper >
 c. : a relatively small number distributed at random : scattering
  < the sandy soil of the plain had a light sprinkling of junipers — Willa Cather >
  < among them were thousands of artisans, a sprinkling of intellectuals, and political refugees — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager >
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