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splat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Textures, sounds
splat1 /splæt/ noun [singular] informal  CSSOUNDa noise like something wet hitting a surface hard 〔湿物击打表面时发出的〕啪嗒声
Examples from the Corpus
splatWith a splat, great splits opened up in the mass.Or more apropos, one bird splat spreads forevermore.And lands splat! on his right elbow.A steady splat, splat, splat that was extremely irritating.Even before the splat, the gull shapes its wings into a parachute and drops straight down to eat the scattered remains.The peaty ground compacts water with an unflattering splat beneath my backside.Leckie, who continually went splat in the mud, always seemed surprised that he did so.
splat2 verb (splatted, splatting) [intransitive, transitive]  SOUNDto make a noise like something wet hitting a surface, or to make something make this noise (使)发出啪嗒声 Big raindrops splatted against the windscreen. 大滴大滴的雨点啪嗒啪嗒地打在挡风玻璃上。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
splatBig fat raindrops started splatting on the windows.
Origin splat1 (1800-1900) From the sound
something hard noise wet surface like Corpus a a hitting


splat
I
splat1 /splæt/ noun [singular] informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: From the sound
a noise like something wet hitting a surface hard

II
splat2 verb (past tense and past participle splatted, present participle splatting) [intransitive and transitive]
to make a noise like something wet hitting a surface, or to make something make this noise:
    Big raindrops splatted against the windscreen.


splatBrE /splæt/ 🔊NAmE /splæt/ 🔊 noun [singular] (informal) the sound made by sth wet hitting a surface with force (湿物落在平面上的)啪嗒声The tomato hit the wall with a splat. 西红柿啪的一声打在墙上。🔊🔊 splat adverbThe omelette fell splat onto the floor. 煎蛋饼吧唧一下掉到了地上。🔊🔊

band, check, dot, fleck, pattern, speckle, splash, spot, streak, stripe