spat·ter
verb/ˈspætə(r)/
/ˈspætər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spatter | /ˈspætə(r)/ /ˈspætər/ |
| he / she / it spatters | /ˈspætəz/ /ˈspætərz/ |
| past simple spattered | /ˈspætəd/ /ˈspætərd/ |
| past participle spattered | /ˈspætəd/ /ˈspætərd/ |
| -ing form spattering | /ˈspætərɪŋ/ /ˈspætərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to cover somebody/something with drops of liquid, dirt, etc., especially by accident
溅；洒 - spatter somebody/something blood-spattered walls
血染的墙壁 - spatter somebody/something with something As the bus passed, it spattered us with mud.
公共汽车开过时溅了我们一身泥。 - spatter something on/over somebody/something Oil was spattered on the floor.
地板上落满了油点。
Extra Examples- His clothes were liberally spattered with mud.
他的衣服上溅满了泥巴。 - Blood and splinters of bone spattered the floor.
血和骨头碎片溅落在地板上。 - They went in and saw the blood-spattered walls.
他们走进去，看到了那些溅满了血的墙壁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- liberally
- against
- on
- over
- …
- spatter somebody/something blood-spattered walls
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of liquid) to fall on a surface in drops, often noisily
洒落；滴滴答答地落下 - We heard the rain spattering on the roof.
我们听见雨点噼里啪啦地打在房顶上。
Extra Examples- The water had spattered all over her face.
她脸上溅得都是水。 - Rain spattered against the window.
雨点打在窗子上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- liberally
- against
- on
- over
- …
- We heard the rain spattering on the roof.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘splutter while speaking’): frequentative, from a base shared by Dutch, Low German spatten ‘burst, spout’.