单词 | splash |
例句 | splash verb 1.•splash your face with cool water:sprinkle, spray, shower, splatter, slosh, slop, squirt | daub | wet. 2.•his boots were splashed with mud:spatter, bespatter, splatter, speck, speckle, blotch, smear, stain, mark | informal splotch. 3.•waves splashed against the pier:swash, wash, break, lap | dash, beat, lash, batter, crash, buffet | literary plash. 4.•children splashed in the water:paddle, wade, slosh | wallow | informal splosh | rare plash. 5.•the story was splashed across the front pages:blazon, display, spread, plaster, trumpet, publicize | informal splatter.▶noun 1.•a splash of grease on his shirt:spot, blob, dab, daub, smudge, smear, speck, fleck | mark, stain | informal splotch. 2.•a splash of soda water:drop, dash, bit, spot, soupçon, dribble, driblet. 3.•a splash of color:patch, burst, streak. PHRASES make a splash informal •he always believed he would make a splash in Washington:cause a sensation, cause a stir, attract attention, draw attention to oneself/itself, get noticed, make an impression, make an impact. WORD NOTE plash If it's good enough for Yeats, it's good enough for all of us. Familiar to basket-weavers as a synonym for plait, it has also this sweet secondary meaning of both "a small puddle" and "stepping into a small puddle." Gentler than a splash, and much more appealing. — ZSConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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