plinter
n
small thin sharp piece of wood, metal, glass, etc broken off a larger piece (木頭、 金屬、 玻璃等的)帶尖兒的小碎片
I've got a splinter in my finger. 我手指扎了根刺. splinter, v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (into/to sth); ~ (sth) off (cause sth to) break into splinters (使某物)裂成碎片
This wood splinters easily. 這種木頭容易裂成片.
The windscreen cracked but didnot splinter. 擋風玻璃裂了, 但沒碎.
The waves smashed the boat against the rocks, splintering it to pieces. 浪頭把船沖向巖石, 撞成碎片.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (off) (into sth) (fig 比喻) separate off from a larger group; form a splinter group (從較大的團體中)分裂出來, 組成小派別.