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
CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?sprays;第三人稱單數:?sprays;過去式:?sprayed;過去分詞:?sprayed;現在分詞:?spraying;
助記提示
1. 專家在光線下給他的花兒噴水、噴霧。
2. sprout => spray.
3. 諧音“死噴淋”。
2. sprout => spray.
3. 諧音“死噴淋”。
中文詞源
spray 噴灑，噴射
來自中古荷蘭語 sprayen,噴灑，噴射，來自 Proto-Germanic*sprewjan,散開，展開，來自 PIE*sper, 播灑，播種，展開，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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray.
- 洗液由一個使用方便的按壓式皂液器提供。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Spray rose up from the surface of the water.
- 水面濺起水花。
來自柯林斯例句