sprinkled
past simple and past participle ofsprinkle
| 单词 | sprinkled |
| 释义 | sprinkled past simple and past participle ofsprinkle sprinkle verb[T] uk/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl/us/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl/C2 todropa fewpiecesordropsof something over asurface: Sprinkle a fewherbsonthepizza./Sprinkle thepizzawitha fewherbs. figurativeThespeechwasliberallysprinkled with(=containedmany)jokesabout theincident.
Spreading and scattering
Examplesofsprinkledsprinkled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. First, one could see a patternless crazy quilt of the capacitiessprinkledacross species. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, there was a subset of other programs in which pragmatics topics were reportedlysprinkledthroughout or touched on in a number of courses. From theCambridge English Corpus The book has questionssprinkledthroughout; these are numbered and set aside from the flow of the text. From theCambridge English Corpus The text issprinkledwith general observations followed by simplistic aphorisms. From theCambridge English Corpus There are brilliant individual scholarssprinkledover the country, but the overall picture is bleak. From theCambridge English Corpus So, too, it appears that hematite-a red oxide powdersprinkledover mortuary remains-was not widely available. From theCambridge English Corpus The dried chlamydospores weresprinkledover the feed pellets immediately before the animals were allowed to eat. From theCambridge English Corpus Somesprinkledgold dust on the phrase "the appropriation of the land of churches (or synagogues)" in the law court records. From theCambridge English Corpus A substantial number of logically plausible but inappropriate neologisms aresprinkledthrough the work and distract from the author's presentation. From theCambridge English Corpus Quotations from those interviews aresprinkledthroughout the text, giving it a firsthand quality that is rare in academic works. From theCambridge English Corpus A minor criticism of the presentation is that rather a lot of acronyms aresprinkledaround without interpretation. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of his other works aresprinkledwith half-hearted incognitos. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also liberallysprinkledwith examples that help to bring the text to life for practitioners working with older people. From theCambridge English Corpus Considering ethnographic evidence, it is also possible that blood wassprinkledover corn as par t of the offering. From theCambridge English Corpus Open problems and exercises aresprinkledthroughout the book, and at the end one may find hints and answers for some of the exercises. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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