splash
verb
uk/splæʃ/us/splæʃ/splashverb(LIQUID)
B2[IorT,usually+ adv/prep](UKinformalalsosplosh)
If aliquidsplashes or if you splash aliquid, itfallson orhitssomething or someone:
(使)(液体)洒,溅,泼Water was splashing from aholein theroof.水从屋顶的洞里泼溅下来。
Unfortunately somepaintsplashedontotherug.糟糕的是小地毯上溅上了一些油漆。
She splashed herfacewithcoldwater.她往脸上撩了些冷水。
Shepouredalargeginand splashedsodaintoit from asiphon.她倒了一大杯杜松子酒,然后从苏打水瓶里倒了些苏打水掺进去。
B2[Iusually+ adv/prep](UKinformalalsosplosh)
tomoveinwaterso thatdropsof it go in alldirections:
(在水中)溅着水花行走,拍打着水游Thekidswere splashing (about/around) in theshallowend of theswimmingpool.孩子们在游泳池的浅水区戏水。
- Some of thesoupsplashed onto thetable.
- She splashedwatereverywhere.
- Hekepttryingto splash hissisterwithcoldwater.
- He splashedaftershaveonto hisface.
- He splashed somewhiskeyover theice.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leakage
- ripple
- run a bathphrase
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- spate
- swill
- swirl
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
splashverb(SHOW)
[TorI+ adv/prep]
toprintor show something, or beprintedorshown, in a verynoticeableway:
Severalnewspaperssplashedcolourpicturesof thestaracrosstheirfrontpages.几份报纸在头版显着位置刊登了这位明星的多幅彩照。
Thestoryhas splashed all overCanadiannewspapers.
Showing and demonstrating
- act out
- attest
- bespeak
- betray
- breastbeating
- bring
- define
- demonstrative
- glimmer
- indicate
- masterclass
- point (something/someone) out
- point the wayidiom
- point to/towardssomething
- probatory
- produce
- speak
- visualization
- wear
- whiff
Phrasal verb
splash out(something)
splash
noun[C]
uk/splæʃ/us/splæʃ/splashnoun[C](LIQUID)
C2
asmallamountof aliquidthat hasfallenor beendropped:
溅上的液体;洒上的液体There were several splashes ofwhitepainton thecarpet.地毯上溅有几点白色的油漆。
B2
thenoiseof somethinghittingormovinginwater:
泼溅声Wehearda splash and thensawthat Toni hadfallenin theriver.我们听到扑通一声,接着就看到托尼掉到了河里。
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leakage
- ripple
- run a bathphrase
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- spate
- swill
- swirl
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
splashnoun[C](SHOW)
something or someonebrightor verynoticeable:
亮色,亮点;引人注目的人(或物)The littlegirlin herflowerydressprovidesthe only splashofcolourin thepicture.穿着花裙子的小女孩为照片增添了唯一的一抹亮色。
Visible
- discernibly
- front and centre
- full
- high-visibility
- intervisibility
- intervisible
- large
- noticeable
- out
- prominent
- prominently
- relief
- show
- sore
- stand
- stand (out) in reliefidiom
- stand/stick out like a sore thumbidiom
- stick out
- visibility
- visualize
splashnoun[C](NEWS STORY)
ashockingorexcitingnewsstorythat is given a lot ofattentionin anewspaperornewsprogramme:
Therevelationwould have been a splash in everynewspaper.
She came to me because there's been abigsplash in thenewspaper.
Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- advice column
- advice columnist
- agony aunt
- agony column
- agony uncle
- comic strip
- cover story
- dateline
- double-page
- double-page spread
- editorial
- leader
- masthead
- obituary
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- problem page
- spread
Idiom
make a splash