词汇 | splinter |
释义 | splinter noun[ C ] uk /ˈsplɪn.tər/ us /ˈsplɪn.t̬ɚ/ a small, sharp, broken piece of wood, glass, plastic, or similar material: (木头、玻璃、塑料等的)尖细条,尖碎片 splinter (of)The girl had a splinter (of wood) in her toe.女孩脚趾上扎进了一块(木头)碎片。 Synonyms fragment shard sliverformal Words meaning small pieces and amounts by a noseidiom clipping crumb dab of something dash dollop grain ort paring peewee pinch potsherd skinny spark thimbleful tidbit tiddler titbit tittle trace splinter verb[ I ] uk /ˈsplɪn.tər/ us /ˈsplɪn.t̬ɚ/ to break into small, sharp pieces: 裂成碎片 The edges of the plastic cover had cracked and splintered.塑料罩子的边缘裂成了碎片。 splinter intofigurativeThe danger is that the Conservative Party may splinter into several smaller political parties.危险在于保守党可能会分裂成几个小的政党。 Synonyms fragment split(DIVIDE) Compare crackverb(BREAK) Tearing and breaking into pieces apart asunder bobble bobbly break into pieces chip crack disintegration dismantle fall apart fall to piecesidiom fragment fragmentation rip shred snag split sunder tear something apart tear something up splinter | American Dictionarysplinter noun[ C ] us/ˈsplɪn·tər/ a small, sharp, piece of wood, glass, or similar material that has broken off a larger piece: She tried to ignore the splinter in her foot. splinterverb[ I ]us/ˈsplɪn·tər/ The old tree cracked and splintered as it fell. Examples of splintersplinter The broken edges of such cylinders were smooth and lacked prominent splinters. Modern production protocols are complex, collaborative, economy-driven, and splintered. During the course of the work, an archaic-sounding theme on viola, like a mediaeval chant or carol, is transmogrified and splintered. In the meanwhile, language communities have splintered and interacted, risen and fallen. In addition, splinters of the confessional were taken away as healing relics. In fact, the splintering described above is the direct result of this gridding and stratification of the electroacoustic social space. The iris in a stop-light splinters and can't be seen. Integrative dualism is juxtaposed to versions of dualism that depict the person and body as unduly remote and splintered. In the same way as blend constituents, the splinters may exhibit different degrees of phonic integration. The emerging tensions further splintered the ceremonial veneer and led to despair. Rather, the electroacoustic community thus defined is splintered and better described as a field of power relations disjointed by diverging interests. The tires of the semitrucks within ourselves splintered on the hot pavement and could at last rest. Hundreds of sounds were intertwined into a coil of wiry noise, with single barbs projecting, sharp edges running along it and submerging again, while clear notes splintered and scattered. Glass from the windowpanes of the log cabin shattered at each incoming volley; roof shingles splintered and some broke free, indicating heavier lead, possibly buckshot, was used. Crystal components are dominated by thorn-shaped, inclusion-free solid volcanic quartz splinters up to 650 m in size. See all examples of splinter These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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