with obj.
1- cover with drops or spots of something溅, 洒：
passing vehicles spattered his shoes and trousers with mud.
过往的车辆在他的鞋和裤子上溅满了泥浆。
1.1
- scatter or splash (liquid, mud, etc.) over a surface（在表面）溅上, 泼上（液体、泥等）：
he spatters grease all over the cooker.
他把炊具上弄得全都是油。
1.2
- no obj. fall so as to be scattered over an area洒：
she watched the raindrops spatter down.
她看着雨滴向下洒落。
1
- a spray or splash of something溅, 洒。
1.1
- a sprinkling少量：
there was a spatter of freckles over her nose.
她鼻子上有几颗雀斑。
1.2
- a short outburst of sound短暂的一阵声音：
the sharp spatter of shots.
一阵清脆的枪声。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'splutter while speaking'）： frequentative, from a base shared by Dutch, Low German spatten 'burst, spout'.