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单词 plash
释义 plash
I. \ˈplash, -aa(ə)sh, -aish\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English plasche, from Old English plæsc; akin to Middle Dutch plasch, plas pool, plash; all probably of imitative origin
: a shallow or marshy pool : puddle
 < the bird … bathed itself in some plashes nearby — Hugh McCrae >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English plashen, from Middle French plaissier, from Old French, from plais hedge, twined fence, probably from (assumed) Vulgar Latin plaxus entwined, alteration of Latin plexus, past participle of plectere to entwine, braid — more at ply
Britain : pleach
 < plash a hedge >
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably imitative
1.
 a. : a surface agitation of water with accompanying sound
  < the measured plash of oars — A.C.Benson >
  < the ceaseless plash of the waves — William Black >
 b.
  (1) : a splashing movement of water
   < plash of the fountains from the mouths of stone dolphins — Mark Schorer >
  (2) : a movement or sound suggestive of the splashing of water
   < the plash of the paintbrush against the wall — Donald Windham >
   < the plash of bare feet made him turn his head — Josephine Pinckney >
 c. : a dash or blotch especially of color or light
  < a few plashes of white in the breast of the duck — J.H.Robinson †1935 >
  < effect of the wilder plash of irresponsible prismatic impressions which vertigo had unloosed — Florence Gould >
2. dialect chiefly England : a heavy fall of rain
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: perhaps from Dutch plassen, from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin
transitive verb
1. : to break the surface of (water) so as to cause a surface agitation with an accompanying sound : splash
2. : dash, spatter, speckle
 < no bird on dew-plashed wing — Walter de la Mare >
intransitive verb
1. : to dash or tumble about with a splashing or spattering sound — used especially of water
 < far below him plashed the waters — H.W.Longfellow >
 < raindrops plashed on the tile roof — Anne S. Mehdevi >
2. : to cause a splashing or spattering
 < plashing of hooves in water — Robinson Jeffers >
 < could hear a slight plashing as the bows of the lighter forged through the water — Miles Burton >
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