spatter
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on/over sb/sth); ~ sb/sth (with sth) scatter, splash or sprinkle sth in drips (over sb/sth) 灑、 濺或潑在(某人[某物])上
spatter oil on one's clothes/spatter one's clothes with oil 把油濺在衣服上
As the bus passed it spattered us with mud. 公共汽車開過時, 濺了我們一身泥. =>Usage at spray2 用法見 spray2.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
fall or rain down in drops 滴下; 灑落
We heard the rain spattering down on the roof of the hut. 我們聽到雨滴滴答答打在小屋的屋頂上.
Bullets spattered around us. 子彈像雨點般射在我們周圍. spatter, n [sing]
~ (of sth)
(a) sprinkling; small shower 濺; 灑; 潑; 滴落
a spatter of rain, bullets, etc 一陣雨、 彈雨.
(b) sound of spattering 灑、 濺、 潑等的聲音
the spatter of rain on the tent 雨落在帳篷上的滴瀝聲
a spatter of applause 劈里啪拉的一陣掌聲.