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復數(shù):?splashes;第三人稱單數(shù):?splashes;過去式:?splashed;過去分詞:?splashed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?splashing;

1、plash is from imitative origin.
2、splash is an alteration of plash with an intensive s-.

splash (v.): 1715 (intransitive); 1722 (transitive), probably an alteration of plash with an intensive s-. Related: Splashed; splashing. Splash-board attested from 1826. Splash-down (n.) in the spacecraft sense is attested from 1961.
splash (n.): 1736, "water or liquid thrown upon anything," from splash (v.). Meaning "striking or ostentatious display" is first attested 1804. Sense of "small quantity of soda water, etc., added to a drink" is from 1922. Of color or light, 1832.

1. There was a splash and something fell clumsily into the water.: 撲通一聲，有東西重重地掉進了水里。

2. Can you afford to splash out a little? Is your budget unlimited?: 你能稍微奢侈一點嗎？你的預算是否有上限？

4. Now she's made a splash in the American television show "Civil Wars".: 現(xiàn)在她已經(jīng)憑借美國電視劇《內(nèi)戰(zhàn)》而一炮走紅。