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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++spat·ter /ˈspætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  SPREADif a liquid spatters, or if something spatters it, drops of it fall or are thrown all over a surface (使)洒落;(使)飞溅 SYN splatterspatter somebody/something with something The walls were spattered with blood. 墙上溅满了血。spatter something on/over etc something a sweatshirt with paint spattered over it 溅上了油漆的长袖运动衫spatter on/across/over etc The first drops of rain spattered on the stones. 雨点开始噼里啪啦地打在石头上。spatter noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
spatterBlood spattered across the floor.Something spattered all over his face: he put up his hand and his fingers came away red.More bullets spattered the front of the cottage, drilling lines back and forth in the stonework.Better yet, set the egg in the bottle in the sink, and let the kids spatter with abandon.No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan's contents.In a green robe, sunshine-splashed and spattered with the songs of thieving birds, you came sauntering between the vines.Even at this distance I could see he was liberally spattered with yellow paint.Was the smoke and the spattering worth the result?spatter on/across/over etcHe retched, thin vomit spattering on the floor.Then waited, shivering, as the rain tipped off the brim of his top hat and spattered on the ground.Unframed slabs of spatter on the walls hinted at meanings it were safer not to pursue too closely.
Origin spatter (1500-1600) Perhaps from Dutch spatten to burst, flow out strongly
spat·ter verbChineseSyllable
Corpus spatters, a if it, something if liquid or spatters


spatter
spatter /ˈspætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Perhaps from Dutch spatten 'to burst, flow out strongly'
if a liquid spatters, or if something spatters it, drops of it fall or are thrown all over a surface
   SYN  splatter
    spatter somebody/something with something
    The walls were spattered with blood.
    spatter something on/over etc something
    a sweatshirt with paint spattered over it
    spatter on/across/over etc
    The first drops of rain spattered on the stones.
—spatter noun [countable]


spat·terBrE /ˈspætə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈspætər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they spatter BrE /ˈspætə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈspætər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it spatters BrE /ˈspætəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈspætərz/ 🔊past simple spattered BrE /ˈspætəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈspætərd/ 🔊past participle spattered BrE /ˈspætəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈspætərd/ 🔊 -ing form spattering BrE /ˈspætərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈspætərɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] to cover sb/sth with drops of liquid, dirt, etc., especially by accident 溅;洒 SYN splash ~ sb/sth blood-spattered walls血染的墙壁~ sb/sth with sth As the bus passed, it spattered us with mud. 公共汽车开过时溅了我们一身泥。🔊🔊~ sth on/over sb/sth Oil was spattered on the floor. 地板上落满了油点。🔊🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of liquid 液体) 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。🔊🔊
spat·terBrE /ˈspætə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈspætər/ 🔊 noun (also spat·ter·ing) [singular] ~ (of sth) a number of drops of a liquid or small amounts of sth that hit a surface; the noise this makes 洒;溅;滴答声;飞溅声a spatter of rain against the window雨点打在窗户上的噼啪声a spattering of blood点点血迹(figurative) a spatter of applause稀稀落落的掌声