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splash

/ˈsplæʃ/ American
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  • n. 溅泼声
  • n. 污点
  • n. 轰动一时的新闻, 宣传噱头
  • v. 飞溅
  • v. 溅泼
Definition
  • n. the sound or act of liquid hitting something
  • n. a small mark left by it
  • n. a prominent news event or publicity stunt
  • v. to make liquid fly up and scatter
  • v. to move making that noise
Example
The children ran to splash water in the pool.
孩子们跑去在泳池里溅水玩耍。
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Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析

Compared meaning: to make liquid scatter or fly about (verb).

比较义项:使液体飞溅、散开(动词)。

  • splash 本词

    A neutral, everyday word for liquid flying up and scattering, often used for playful or deliberate actions, as with water in a pool.

    中性常用词,指液体飞溅、散开,常用于故意或玩耍性的动作,比如在泳池里玩水。

    The kids kept splashing water at each other by the pool.

    孩子们在泳池边互相泼水嬉闹。

  • splatter

    Suggests a messy, noisy scattering of liquid onto a surface, usually accidental and involving thicker liquids like paint, mud or grease.

    指液体杂乱、带响声地溅到表面上,通常是意外发生,常用于油漆、泥浆或油脂等较稠的液体。

    Grease splattered across the stove while she fried the bacon.

    她煎培根时,油溅得炉灶到处都是。

Both words mean liquid flying and scattering, but the tone differs. Splash is the neutral, everyday word, often for playful actions like water in a pool. Splatter suggests a messy, accidental scattering of thicker liquids like paint or mud. Splash's other senses are not compared.

这两个词都表示液体飞溅、散开,但语气和场合不同:splash 是中性常用词,常指水花四溅,可用于玩水等轻松场景;splatter 强调杂乱、带声响地溅出,多用于油漆、泥浆等较稠液体的意外飞溅。splash 还有名词(水花)及“炫耀性花费”等引申义,这里不比较。