spray
英[spreɪ]
美[spre]
- n. 喷雾；喷雾器；水沫
- vt. 喷射
- vi. 喷
- n. (Spray)人名；(英)斯普雷
词态变化
复数: sprays;第三人称单数: sprays;过去式: sprayed;过去分词: sprayed;现在分词: spraying;
助记提示
1. 专家在光线下给他的花儿喷水、喷雾。
2. sprout => spray.
3. 谐音“死喷淋”。
中文词源
spray 喷洒，喷射来自中古荷兰语 sprayen,喷洒，喷射，来自 Proto-Germanic*sprewjan,散开，展开，来自 PIE*sper, 播洒，播种，展开，词源同 spark,spread. spray can 喷雾罐
英文词源
- spray (v.)
- "sprinkle liquid in drops," 1520s, from Middle Dutch sprayen, from Proto-Germanic *sprewjan (cognates: German sprühen "to sparkle, drizzle," Spreu "chaff," literally "that which flies about"), from extended form of PIE root *sper- (4) "to sow, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Sprayed; spraying.
- spray (n.1)
- "small branch," mid-13c., of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English spræc "shoot, twig" (see sprig), and compare Danish sprag in same sense.
- spray (n.2)
- "water blown by waves," 1620s, from spray (v.).
双语例句
- 1. The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
- 墙上被人用喷漆涂得乱七八糟。
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- 2. The walls had been horribly vandalized with spray paint.
- 墙壁被用喷漆喷得一塌糊涂。
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- 3. The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray.
- 洗液由一个使用方便的按压式皂液器提供。
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- 4. The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall.
- 月亮在瀑布溅起的水雾上照出了一道彩虹。
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- 5. Spray rose up from the surface of the water.
- 水面溅起水花。
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