Word · Frequency #21433
spatter
喷溅;飞溅
a spray of droplets hitting a surface
- 1.
A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
喷溅或洒落在表面上的液滴。
- 2.
A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
溅在表面上的物质斑点。
- 3.
The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
液滴撞击表面的声音。
- 4.
A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
类似液滴撞击表面的一系列爆裂声。
- 5.
A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
像溅洒的液滴般散布的物体集合。
污渍;斑点;溅落声;噼啪声;散落物;喷溅或洒落在表面上的液滴。;溅在表面上的物质斑点。
In use
After the paint can fell, there was a spatter of blue paint across the floor.
We heard the spatter of rain against the window all night.
A spatter of confetti fell onto the table.
a spatter of [substance]
spatter 作名词时常用单数,表示溅在表面上的少量液滴或斑点。
There was a spatter of mud on his trousers.
他的裤子上溅了几点泥。
the spatter of [liquid] on [surface]
这里 the spatter of 指液滴撞击表面的声音,而非液滴本身。
The spatter of rain on the window kept me awake.
雨点敲打窗户的噼啪声让我无法入睡。
Common mistakes
There was spatter of blood on the wall.
Connections
Collocations
- blood spatter
- 血迹飞溅
- The detective studied the blood spatter on the wall.侦探研究了墙上的血迹飞溅。
- paint spatter
- 油漆溅点
- There was paint spatter on the floor.地板上有油漆溅点。
- mud spatter
- 泥浆溅渍
- Her boots were covered in mud spatter.她的靴子上沾满了泥点。
- grease spatter
- 油星飞溅
- Wipe the grease spatter from the stove.擦掉炉子上的油渍。
- spatter pattern
- 飞溅形态
- The blood spatter pattern revealed the position of the victim.血迹飞溅形态揭示了受害者的位置。
- spatter marks
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:spatter含spat(spit的过去式),想象唾沫星子四溅成液滴,即“喷溅”。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:烹饪时油滴飞溅、雨天车辆驶过泥水喷溅、刑侦现场血迹喷溅分析 名词 spatter 通常表示液体小滴溅落在物体表面的动作或其结果,语境比较中性,日常描述和正式书面语中都可以使用。选择该词时,多强调液体飞溅的瞬间或痕迹,而语气上不带明显的正式/口语差异。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都和 spatter /ˈspætə/ 押韵:拼写上都含 -atter,发音都是 /ætə/(美式口音里常为 /ætər/)。注意拼写相近但音不同的词:sputter /ˈspʌtə/、glitter /ˈɡlɪtə/、better /ˈbɛtə/ 都不是 spatter 的韵脚,因为元音不同。
Learn the forms together
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