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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++splat·ter /ˈsplætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]  COVERif liquid splatters somewhere, or if someone splatters it, it falls or is thrown onto a surface 飞溅(在);把溅泼(于) SYN spattersplatter something with something The room was splattered with blood. 房间里血迹斑斑。splatter over/across Paint splattered all over the carpet. 油漆溅得地毯上到处都是。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
splatterAgriculture is not like defence - a matter of being privy to private information; it is splattered all over the journals.The raindrops, fat and rapid, splattered down.A passing cart rolled by splattering him with mud and Corbett quietly cursed Burnell for sending him here.The morning I walked into the coffee house the white pillars were still splattered in blood.Rain splattered on the Cathedral roof.The yogurt drooled down her thighs, splattered on the floor in a pair of thick drops.Shorr has splattered the work with white paint, and violently creased up the photo underneath.Frank's shirt was splattered with blood.splatter over/acrossBright blood was splattered across the chest of his starched white shirt as though it had been shaken out of a mop.The in-car shot showed catering leftovers splattering across the windscreen.
Origin splatter (1700-1800) Probably from splash + spatter
splat·ter verbChineseSyllable
someone Corpus splatters splatters it if somewhere, liquid it, or if


splatter
splatter /ˈsplætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: Probably from splash + spatter
if liquid splatters somewhere, or if someone splatters it, it falls or is thrown onto a surface
   SYN  spatter
    splatter something with something
    The room was splattered with blood.
    splatter over/across
    Paint splattered all over the carpet.


splat·terBrE /ˈsplætə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsplætər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they splatter BrE /ˈsplætə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsplætər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it splatters BrE /ˈsplætəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsplætərz/ 🔊past simple splattered BrE /ˈsplætəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsplætərd/ 🔊past participle splattered BrE /ˈsplætəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsplætərd/ 🔊 -ing form splattering BrE /ˈsplætərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsplætərɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of large drops of liquid 大滴的液体) to fall or hit sth noisily 啪嗒啪嗒地落下(或击打)Heavy rain splattered on the roof. 大雨噼里啪啦地打在屋顶上。🔊🔊 [transitive, intransitive] to drop or throw water, paint, mud, etc. on sb/sth; to make sb/sth wet or dirty by landing on them in large drops 把(水等)泼洒在…上;淋湿;溅污~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.) The walls were splattered with blood. 墙上血迹斑斑。🔊🔊+ adv./prep. Coffee had splattered across the front of his shirt. 他的衬衣前襟上洒了一大片咖啡。🔊🔊