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单词 splosh
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Definition of splosh in English:

splosh

verb splɒʃsplɑʃ
informal
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Make a soft splashing sound as one moves.

    发轻微泼溅声行进

    he sploshed across the road

    他过马路时把水踩得啪啪响。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She stomped out into the mud, splishing and sploshing.
    • And, next I knew, he was donning his outdoor boots and slipping out of the door to carry out a wild summer night dance, sploshing along a crunchy path of snails and over a slimy carpet of slugs.
    • Vice slipped his hood on and stared down at his feet sploshing in muddy puddles.
    • For the best chance of sport pick a balmy night and fish long into the early hours when the biggest fish can be heard sploshing in the darkness.
    Synonyms
    spot, mark, stain, dot, speckle, bespeckle, freckle, stipple, stud, bestud, blotch, mottle, smudge, streak, splash, spatter, bespatter, scatter, sprinkle
noun splɒʃsplɑʃ
informal
  • 1A soft splashing sound.

    发轻微泼溅声行进

    a quiet splosh

    平静轻柔的泼溅声。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And if I ever fall off a cliff it will be a cry of ‘aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ before the inevitable splosh or splat.
    • One minute you are on a pleasant nature ramble, and the next - splosh!
    • Another tear dropped into the water with a splosh.
    • And then you surface with a splosh and for a few brief seconds, everything's still blurry as you blink the water from your eyes.
    • I just barely managed to throw my mother the phone when the previously eaten food made its bid for freedom and escaped in a loud gushing, splosh.
    • Soon we'll be mooring up in a secluded creek where we'll drink champagne to the soothing sounds of water clucking against boat and the occasional splosh of a jumping fish.
    • A tear slowly fell from my face and landed splosh onto the picture.
    1. 1.1 A splash of liquid.
      液体流动的汩汩声
      sploshes of wine

      倒酒时的汩汩声。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Okay, so I survive on instant with a splosh of semi-skimmed and a chemical sweetener, but I'm sure I would appreciate the finer qualities of real coffee if only someone would come round to my house every hour on the hour and make me a cup.
      • Add the stock and two or three sploshes of Worcester Sauce, mixing all the while, bring to a gentle boil, and cook until the sauce begins to reduce.
      • Undeterred by the stubborn green tomatoes, Samuel has chopped them into chunks and fried them in oil, garlic and chillies with a splosh of sweet Spanish vinegar.
      • A blue worm threading its way through sploshes of paint leaves me cold.
      Synonyms
      spot, blob, dab, daub, smudge, smear, speck, speckle, fleck, patch, pop
  • 2dated mass noun Money.

    〈旧〉金钱

    intentions need a bit of splosh to back them up
    Synonyms
    cash, hard cash, ready money

Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative.

Rhymes

awash, Bosch, bosh, brioche, cloche, cohosh, cosh, dosh, Foch, galosh, gosh, josh, mosh, nosh, posh, quash, slosh, squash, swash, tosh, wash

Definition of splosh in US English:

splosh

verbsplɑʃspläSH
informal
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Make a soft splashing sound as one moves.

    发轻微泼溅声行进

    he sploshed across the road

    他过马路时把水踩得啪啪响。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And, next I knew, he was donning his outdoor boots and slipping out of the door to carry out a wild summer night dance, sploshing along a crunchy path of snails and over a slimy carpet of slugs.
    • Vice slipped his hood on and stared down at his feet sploshing in muddy puddles.
    • She stomped out into the mud, splishing and sploshing.
    • For the best chance of sport pick a balmy night and fish long into the early hours when the biggest fish can be heard sploshing in the darkness.
    Synonyms
    spot, mark, stain, dot, speckle, bespeckle, freckle, stipple, stud, bestud, blotch, mottle, smudge, streak, splash, spatter, bespatter, scatter, sprinkle
nounsplɑʃspläSH
informal
  • 1A soft splashing sound.

    发轻微泼溅声行进

    a quiet splosh

    平静轻柔的泼溅声。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A tear slowly fell from my face and landed splosh onto the picture.
    • Another tear dropped into the water with a splosh.
    • One minute you are on a pleasant nature ramble, and the next - splosh!
    • And if I ever fall off a cliff it will be a cry of ‘aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ before the inevitable splosh or splat.
    • And then you surface with a splosh and for a few brief seconds, everything's still blurry as you blink the water from your eyes.
    • I just barely managed to throw my mother the phone when the previously eaten food made its bid for freedom and escaped in a loud gushing, splosh.
    • Soon we'll be mooring up in a secluded creek where we'll drink champagne to the soothing sounds of water clucking against boat and the occasional splosh of a jumping fish.
    1. 1.1 A splash of liquid.
      液体流动的汩汩声
      sploshes of wine

      倒酒时的汩汩声。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A blue worm threading its way through sploshes of paint leaves me cold.
      • Undeterred by the stubborn green tomatoes, Samuel has chopped them into chunks and fried them in oil, garlic and chillies with a splosh of sweet Spanish vinegar.
      • Okay, so I survive on instant with a splosh of semi-skimmed and a chemical sweetener, but I'm sure I would appreciate the finer qualities of real coffee if only someone would come round to my house every hour on the hour and make me a cup.
      • Add the stock and two or three sploshes of Worcester Sauce, mixing all the while, bring to a gentle boil, and cook until the sauce begins to reduce.
      Synonyms
      spot, blob, dab, daub, smudge, smear, speck, speckle, fleck, patch, pop

Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative.

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