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词汇 spray
释义 spray
noun
uk /spreɪ/ us /spreɪ/

spraynoun (LIQUID)


[ U ]
a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in the air: 浪花;水花;飞沫
Can you feel the spray from the sea/waterfall?你能感觉到海上的浪花/瀑布溅起的水雾吗?
B2[ C ]
a liquid that is forced out of a special container under pressure so that it becomes a mass of small liquid drops like a cloud: 喷雾;喷雾状液体
a quick spray of perfume/polish快速喷洒出的香水/上光剂
 
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B2[ C ]
a mass of small drops of liquid spread onto plants and crops, etc. from a special piece of equipment, or the piece of equipment itself: (洒在植物、庄稼等上的)喷剂;喷雾器
Farmers use a lot of chemical sprays on crops.农场主们在庄稼上施了很多化学喷剂。
She could feel the spray from the water on her skin.
I don't like using sprays in my garden.
Do you use any sprays on your hair?
Some hair conditioners comes in the form of sprays.
If you use this nasal spray, your nose should clear a bit.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

spraynoun (FLOWERS)


[ C ]
a single small branch or stem with leaves and flowers on it: 一枝小花
All the wedding guests wore sprays of carnations.所有参加婚礼的来宾都戴着康乃馨花枝。
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of plants
axil
bark
bilobed
blade
caning
cascara sagrada
corolla
endodermis
floret
inflorescence
knot
pistil
rooty
rosella
seed coat
seed pod
sessile
sting
taproot
vein
spray
verb[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ]
uk /spreɪ/ us /spreɪ/
B2
to spread liquid in small drops over an area: 喷洒
She sprayed herselfwith perfume.她往身上喷了些香水。
Vandals had sprayed graffiti on the wall.破坏公物的人在墙上乱涂乱画。
The pipe burst and water was spraying everywhere.水管爆裂,水喷得到处都是。
figurativeRush hour commuters were sprayed with bullets by a gunman in a car.交通高峰时段,一辆车上的持枪歹徒对上下班的人们一通扫射。
Hooligans had sprayed paint all over the car.流氓们将整个汽车车身都喷上了涂料。
She sprayed red paint all over his car in one last vengeful act before leaving him for good.在彻底离开他之前,她用红漆涂花了他的车作为最后的报复。
She turned on the hose and a jet of water sprayed across the garden.
The woman next to me sprayed on some perfume and stank out the whole shop .
She sprayed conditioner into my hair.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

spray | American Dictionary


spray
noun
us/spreɪ/

spraynoun (LIQUID)


[ C/U ]
a mass of very small drops of liquid forced through the air, or a container from which small drops of liquid are forced out:
[ U ]As the waves crashed over the rocks, some of the ocean spray reached them where they stood.
[ C ]When my nose is stuffy, I use a nasal spray.

spraynoun (FLOWERS)


[ C ]
a single, small branch or stem with leaves and flowers on it, or a small arrangement of cut flowers:
On the table was a spray of fresh flowers.
spray
verb[ I/T ]
us/spreɪ/

sprayverb[I/T] (FORCE OUT LIQUID)


to put a mass of small drops of liquid on someone or something or into the air, or to flow out of a container in a mass of small drops:
[ T ]Store employees offer to spray you with perfume.
[ T ]fig. They were sprayed with flying glass from the shattered windows.

Examples of spray


spray
The net was sprayed every three days with water to prevent egg clutches from drying out.
Instead, the plots were sprayed with herbicide prior to garlic planting.
The plants were sprayed until run-off (approximately 100 ml per plant) and then left to dry for 60 min before being placed in a cage.
Suggested management strategies to minimize desiccation include spraying during the evening and using supplemental wetting prior to or following application.
The number of sprays in the 'full protection' treatment varied between sites because applications were not started until disease symptoms appeared.
Reduced feeding by caterpillars was termed a feeding restraint effect and the refusal to eat leaves sprayed with solution was termed an anti-feeding effect.
The trial incorporated three varieties differing in their ease of retting, so that variety and time of spraying interactions could be investigated.
Seeds were sprayed with 0.05% benomyl solution at the beginning of the tests and whenever there was visible microbial growth during incubation.
Several participants said that they do not agree with the claim that spraying by conventional farmers provides organic farmers with 'free protection'.
They also had little adoption of electrostatic sprayers (which help sprays reach their target and avoid drift).
Cocoa farms were not adequately sprayed and farmers could not afford to apply fertilisers to overused land (interviews).
A person who sprays chemicals to get rid of bugs.
The fact is that they are kept as clear as possible by spraying.
An ink powder (called toner) is then sprayed on to the drum and it sticks where there is an electric charge.
A caustic sodium metasilicate-based detergent solution was then sprayed followed by a steam cleaning designed to remove solvents.
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Collocations withspray


spray

These are words often used in combination with spray.

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aerosol spray
The inhalation of a deodorant or any other aerosolspray can deprive the brain of oxygen, causing rapid death.
From the
Hansard archive

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fine spray
The marker was a finespray of cold water ejected from a syringe on the head of the sleeping subject.
salt spray
One possible reason for this difference is that coastal areas and the strand were more exposed to saltspray than were inland vegetation zones.
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