sprinkling
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl.ɪŋ/us/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl.ɪŋ/smallpiecesordropsof something that aredroppedover asurface:
少量(洒或撒下的东西);零星喷洒(或撒下)的东西Top eachbowlwithageneroussprinklingoffreshmint.给每个碗里都多撒点新鲜薄荷。
figurativeTheaudienceweremainlywomen withasprinkling(= asmallnumber)ofearnest-looking men.观众大部分是女性,只有几个神态热切的男性。
figurativeLookingyoungfor his 40years, he has justasprinkling(= asmallnumber)ofgreyhairsat thetemples.他40岁了,但看起来很年轻,只是鬓角处有几丝白发。
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- dusting
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go/do the roundsidiom
- radial
- smudge
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- sprinkle
- sweep