spray

英 [spre?] 美[spre]
  • n. 噴霧；噴霧器；水沫
  • vt. 噴射
  • vi. 噴
  • n. (Spray)人名；(英)斯普雷
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?sprays;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?sprays;過(guò)去式:?sprayed;過(guò)去分詞:?sprayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?spraying;

助記提示

1. 專(zhuān)家在光線下給他的花兒噴水、噴霧。
2. sprout => spray.
3. 諧音“死噴淋”。

中文詞源

spray 噴灑，噴射

來(lái)自中古荷蘭語(yǔ) sprayen,噴灑，噴射，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*sprewjan,散開(kāi)，展開(kāi)，來(lái)自 PIE*sper, 播灑，播種，展開(kāi)，詞源同 spark,spread. spray can 噴霧罐

英文詞源

spray (v.)
"sprinkle liquid in drops," 1520s, from Middle Dutch sprayen, from Proto-Germanic *sprewjan (cognates: German sprühen "to sparkle, drizzle," Spreu "chaff," literally "that which flies about"), from extended form of PIE root *sper- (4) "to sow, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Sprayed; spraying.
spray (n.1)
"small branch," mid-13c., of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English spr?c "shoot, twig" (see sprig), and compare Danish sprag in same sense.
spray (n.2)
"water blown by waves," 1620s, from spray (v.).

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
墻上被人用噴漆涂得亂七八糟。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The walls had been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
墻壁被用噴漆噴得一塌糊涂。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray.
洗液由一個(gè)使用方便的按壓式皂液器提供。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall.
月亮在瀑布濺起的水霧上照出了一道彩虹。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Spray rose up from the surface of the water.
水面濺起水花。

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