informal <非正式>
- a sound of something soft and wet or heavy striking a surface(软而湿的东西撞击表面发出的)啪嗒声; (重物撞击表面发出的)扑通声:
the goblin makes a huge splat as he hits the ground.
小妖怪扑通一声摔在地上。
- with a sound of this type啪嗒作响地; 扑通作声地:
he lands splat on his right elbow.
他啪的一声右肘着地倒下。
(splatted, splatting)with obj.
1- crush or squash (something) with a sound of this type啪的一声打碎(或压碎):
he was splatting a bug.
他正在啪啪地打一只虫。
1.1
- no obj. land or be squashed with a sound of this type着地时发啪嗒声; 被压扁(或压碎)时发啪嗒声。
词源
late 19th cent.: abbreviation of SPLATTER.