spray
n
1
(a) small branch of a tree or plant, with its leaves and flowers (樹或花草的)小枝(帶葉和花的).
(b) artificial ornament in a similar form (人 造的)枝狀花飾
a spray of diamonds 鑲鉆石的枝狀飾物.
2 bunch of cut flowers, etc arranged attractively, eg as a decoration on clothes 小花簇(如用作衣服上的飾物)
He had a spray in his buttonhole. 他的鈕孔中插著一簇花.
She carried a spray of pink roses. 她拿著一簇粉紅色的玫瑰花.
spray n
1 [U] liquid sent through the air in tiny drops (by the wind or through an apparatus) 霧狀液體(藉風力或噴灑裝置形成的); 水花; 浪花
`sea spray, ie blown from waves 大海的浪花
the spray of a waterfall 瀑布的水花.
2
(a) [C, U] (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) liquid (eg perfume, disinfectant, insecticide) applied in the form of spray from a special device (eg an atomizer or aerosol) under pressure 噴霧液體(如香水、 消毒劑、 殺蟲劑): `hair spray 噴發定型劑
`fly-spray 滅蠅噴劑 * [attrib 作定語]
spray paint 噴霧顏料.
(b) [C] device (eg an atomizer or aerosol) used for applying such a liquid in this form 噴霧器(如外壓式的或內壓式的)
I've lost my throat spray. 我的潤喉劑噴筒丟了. =>illus 見插圖. spray, v 1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on/over sb/sth); ~ sb/sth (with sth) send out (liquid) onto sb/sth in tiny drops; wet sb/sth with liquid in this way 向某人[某物]噴霧狀的(液體)
spraying paint on her car 給她的汽車噴上漆
a farmer spraying his crops with pesticide 給作物噴殺蟲劑的農夫
(fig 比喻) spray the target with bullets 向目標掃射.
2 [Ipr, Ip] ~ (out) (over, across, etc sb/sth) (of a liquid) be sent out in tiny drops (指液體)噴出(呈霧狀)
Water sprayed out over the floor. 水噴灑在地上. sprayer n
(a) person who sprays (usu as part of a job) 噴霧者(通常指職業性的)
He's a paint sprayer in the local factory. 他在當地工廠當噴漆工.
(b) apparatus for spraying 噴霧器; 噴漆器; 噴灑器
a crop sprayer 作物噴霧器.