splash

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splash1 /splæʃ/ ●●● W3 verb  1  [intransitive]WETSOUND if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something and makes a noise 〔液体〕哗啦作响地溅泼，飞溅，溅落splash against/on/over The ocean splashed against the pier. 海水哗啦哗啦地拍打着码头。2  [transitive always + adverb/preposition]WET to make someone or something wet with a lot of small drops of water or other liquid 溅湿，往…上泼splash something on/over/with etc something He splashed cold water on his face. 他往自己脸上泼冷水。3  [intransitive] (also splash about/around)LIQUID to make water fly up in the air with a loud noise by hitting it or by moving around in it 哗啦哗啦地使水飞溅 The children were splashing about in the pool. 孩子们在水池里戏水。splash through She ran up the drive, splashing through the puddles. 她冲上车道，踩得水洼里的水飞溅。4  [transitive] informalTCN if a newspaper or television programme splashes a story or picture on the page or screen, it makes it large and easy to notice 以显著版面刊载，以大篇幅报道splash across/over The gunman’s picture was splashed across the front page. 持枪歹徒的照片大幅刊登在头 版上。5 splash out (something) phrasal verb British English informal to spend a lot of money on something 在…上花很多钱 on We splashed out on a new kitchen. 我们花了一大笔钱装修新厨房。 Last year Roberts splashed out more than £1 million to buy a new home. 去年，罗伯茨花了一百多万英镑买了栋新房子。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

splash• It was splashed all over the shops!• A motorcycle sped past, splashing all the spectators with mud.• Maggie watched the children splash around in the pool.• McMurphy stopped splashing around like he had been.• He knocked over her cup and splashed coffee all over her new dress.• The kids were playing around in the pool, splashing each other.• The waterfall cascaded over the rocks and splashed into a pool at the bottom.• Water poured through the guttering and splashed noisily from the eaves.• Then I splashed out and got my first Alembic - cost me £890 in 1980, serious cash.• Behind it the last bear splashed through the water.• They were splashed with blood from Parker's eye.• Men were floundering about, splashing, yelling and cursing, whilst horses were dragged screaming to their deaths by the guns.splash against/on/over• I don't take to these modernistic people who just splash on daubs of paint.• He felt cold, thick fluid being splashed on him.• Unfortunately another pupil came in, turned on the dryer and the acid splashed over his face, causing a scar.• It splashes over into everything the person does.• I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it, the blood splashing over my hand.• Occasionally a drop would splash against the deck next to my face and spawn smaller drops that landed on my nose.• Fat tears rolled down her cheeks and splashed on the paper.• She opened her mouth, but spat out the sweet and sour liquid which splashed on to her tongue.splash across/over• The desperate men and surviving vehicles splashed across and raced after the masses that had crossed the bridge before it was obstructed.• Unfortunately another pupil came in, turned on the dryer and the acid splashed over his face, causing a scar.• It splashes over into everything the person does.• I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it, the blood splashing over my hand.• One day she wakes up, sees all that creepiness splashed across the front page.• Red spots had splashed across the picture.• Salads splash across the plates in a sea of green shades.• Delaney splashed across to one wall where a mass of underwater tackle was stored.

Related topics: Textures, sounds, Drink

splash2 ●●○ noun  1  [countable]CSSOUND the sound of a liquid hitting something or being moved around quickly 〔液体的〕溅泼声，飞溅声 Rachel fell into the river with a loud splash. 雷切尔扑通一声掉进河里。► see thesaurus at sound2  [countable]MARK a mark made by a liquid splashing onto something else 洒溅的斑点splash of There were splashes of paint all over my clothes. 我衣服上溅满了油漆斑点。3. splash of colour BRIGHTa small area of bright colour 一小片鲜艳的颜色4  make a splash informalATTENTION to do something that gets a lot of public attention 惹人注目，引起轰动 Russell’s new show made a big splash in New York. 拉塞尔的新节目在纽约引起很大的轰动。5  [singular]DFD a small amount of liquid added to a drink 〔加入饮料中的〕少量液体splash of a cup of coffee with a splash of brandy 一杯加了少许白兰地的咖啡

Examples from the Corpus

splash• Not so much as a splash or even his oddly deformed head above the water.• Between the bed and the door, a splash of red and white on the room's ochre.• A moment later we heard a splash and a squeal, more splashing, a flutter of duck, whoops of delight.• Then add just a splash of lemon.• This was like a splash of ice water right in my face.• There was a splash behind the boat as a large silver fish jumped out of the water.• Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash.• Judging from the shouts and splashes coming from the pool, everyone was having a lot of fun.• Ashlee fell into the river with a loud splash.• I heard the splash of oars in the water.• There were splashes of paint all over my clothes.• White splashes of paint on the bottles indicated which way up they should be binned after delivery from the wine merchant.• Rays of afternoon light poured through the stained glass windows, drenching the sanctuary with splashes of color.Origin splash1 (1700-1800) plash “to splash” ((16-19 centuries)), perhaps from Dutch plassen

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splash

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splash¹ /splæʃ/ verb1. [intransitive] if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something and makes a noise
    splash against/on/over
    The ocean splashed against the pier.
2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make someone or something wet with a lot of small drops of water or other liquid
    splash something on/over/with etc something
    He splashed cold water on his face.
3. [intransitive] (also splash about/around) to make water fly up in the air with a loud noise by hitting it or by moving around in it:
    The children were splashing about in the pool.
    splash through
    She ran up the drive, splashing through the puddles.
4. [transitive] informal if a newspaper or television programme splashes a story or picture on the page or screen, it makes it large and easy to notice
    splash across/over
    The gunman’s picture was splashed across the front page.
     
splash out (something) phrasal verb British English informal
  to spend a lot of money on something
    splash out (something) on
    We splashed out on a new kitchen.
    Last year Roberts splashed out more than £1 million to buy a new home.

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splash² noun
1. [countable] the sound of a liquid hitting something or being moved around quickly:
    Rachel fell into the river with a loud splash.
2. [countable] a mark made by a liquid splashing onto something else
    splash of
    There were splashes of paint all over my clothes.
3. splash of colour a small area of bright colour
4. make a splash informal to do something that gets a lot of public attention:
    Russell’s new show made a big splash in New York.
5. [singular] a small amount of liquid added to a drink
    splash of
    a cup of coffee with a splash of brandy
     

THESAURUS

■ made by a liquid
   ▪ splash the sound that a liquid makes when something hits it, or when it hits against another thing: She jumped into the pool with a big splash. | the splash of the waves against the rocks
   ▪ gurgle the low sound that water makes when it flows gently over or through something: the gurgle of a stream | She listened to the gurgle as the water drained out of the bath.
   ▪ plop the sudden short sound when something is dropped into a liquid: Kate dropped the ice into her glass with a plop.