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sprinkling 音标拼音: [spr'ɪŋklɪŋ] [spr'ɪŋkəlɪŋ] n. 撒;洒;洒水;喷雾 撒;洒;洒水;喷雾 sprinkling n 1: a small number ( of something) dispersed haphazardly; " the first scatterings of green"; " a sprinkling of grey at his temples" [ synonym: { scattering}, { sprinkling}] 2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [ synonym: { scattering}, { sprinkle}, { sprinkling}] 3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism ( rare) [ synonym: { aspersion}, { sprinkling}] 4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; " baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; " a sparge of warm water over the malt" [ synonym: { sprinkle}, { sprinkling}, { sparge}] Sprinkle \ Sprin" kle\ ( spr[ i^][ ng]" k' l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sprinkled} (- k' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Sprinkling} (- kl[ i^] ng).] [ OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See { Spring}, v. i., and cf. { Sprent}.] 1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. [ 1913 Webster] Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. -- Heb. x. 22. [ 1913 Webster]
Sprinkling \ Sprin" kling\ (- kl[ i^] ng), n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. [ 1913 Webster] Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. -- Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. -- Craik. [ 1913 Webster] 121 Moby Thesaurus words for " sprinkling": a few, affusion, aspergation, aspersion, attenuation, baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bath, bathing, bedewing, broadcast, broadcasting, cast, chrismal, christening, circumfusion, dampening, damping, dash, deluge, dewing, diffraction, diffusion, dilution, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, distribution, divergence, drowning, dust, evaporation, expansion, few, flooding, font, fragmentation, gleam, handful, hint, hosing, hosing down, humidification, idea, immersion, infusion, inkling, intimation, inundation, irrigation, laving, lick, limited number, look, moistening, only a few, peppering, piddling few, piddling number, powdering, propagation, publication, radiation, rinsing, sauce, scattering, scatterment, scintilla, seasoning, shade, shadow, shotgun pattern, sip, smack, small number, smatter, smattering, smell, soupcon, sowing, sparging, spark, spatter, spattering, spice, splashing, splattering, splay, spraying, spread, spreading, strain, streak, strewing, submersion, suggestion, sup, suspicion, swashing, taint, taste, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, too few, total immersion, touch, trace, trickle, vestige, volatilization, watering, wetting
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