splash

1. V-I If you splash around or splash about in water, you hit or disturb the water in a noisy way, causing some of it to fly up into the air. 潑打戲水

A lot of people were in the water, swimming or simply splashing about. 很多人在水里游泳或者只是戲水。

She could hear the voices of her friends as they splashed in a nearby rock pool. 她能聽到她的朋友們在附近的巖石泳池里戲水的聲音。

2. V-T/V-I If you splash a liquid somewhere or if it splashes, it hits someone or something and scatters in a lot of small drops. 使?jié)姙R; 濺落

He closed his eyes tight, and splashed the water on his face. 他緊緊地閉上眼睛，把水潑到臉上。

A little wave, the first of many, splashed in my face. 層層波浪中的第一層小浪濺在了我的臉上。

3. N-SING A splash is the sound made when something hits water or falls into it. 拍打水的聲音; 落入水的聲音

There was a splash and something fell clumsily into the water. 撲通一聲，什么東西重重地掉進了水里。

4. N-COUNT A splash of a liquid is a small quantity of it that falls on something or is added to something. (少量液體的) 濺落; (少量液體的) 添加

Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes. 墻紙和地板應該能承受得住蒸汽和液體的潑濺。

5. N-COUNT A splash of colour is an area of a bright colour which contrasts strongly with the colours around it. (與周圍顏色形成鮮明對比的) 亮色塊

...shady walks punctuated by splashes of colour. …由鮮艷色彩點綴的條條林蔭小徑。

6. V-T If a magazine or newspaper splashes a story, it prints it in such a way that it is very noticeable. (報刊) 以顯眼方式刊登

The newspapers splashed the story all over their front pages. 各報都在頭版全版以顯眼的方式刊登了這個故事。

7. PHRASE If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done. 引起關注

Now she's made a splash in the television show "Civil Wars."

如今她因在電視節(jié)目《內戰(zhàn)》中的出現而引起了人們的關注。