spray

英 [spreɪ] 美 [spreɪ]

• v. 喷雾；喷射；扫射
• n. 喷雾；喷雾器；水沫

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 喷

   throw or force out in very small drops on face, person, field of crops

n. (名词)

1. [U] [C] 浪花,飞沫

   water in very small drops blown from the sea, a waterfall, a wet road surface, etc.

2. [C] 喷雾

   liquid to be sprayed out under pressure

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 喷，喷射；喷涂；喷洒
2. 喷雾
3. 使起浪花
4. 溅散，溅
5. 散发；散布
6. 说起话来唾沫四溅
7. 向…喷洒，往…上撒，向…喷射
8. 向…扫射
9. 尤指雄猫撒尿

n. 名词

1. 喷雾器，消毒器
2. 小树枝，小花枝
3. 喷雾，水雾
4. 浪花，水花，飞沫
5. 枝状物
6. 喷雾状物，雾状物
7. 【医】喷雾（液）
8. 枝状花样
9. 喷洒液，喷液
10. 枝状花饰，花叶饰物

英英释义

Noun:

1. a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

2. a quantity of small objects flying through the air;

   "a spray of bullets"
   

3. flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

4. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

5. water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

6. a jet of vapor

Verb:

1. be discharged in sprays of liquid;

   "Water sprayed all over the floor"
   

2. scatter in a mass or jet of droplets;

   "spray water on someone"
   "spray paint on the wall"
   

3. cover by spraying with a liquid;

   "spray the wall with paint"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He sprayed paint on the wall.
   他把漆喷在墙上。
2. We should spray some hairspray on your hair.
   我们应该喷些发胶在你的头发上。
3. Please spray some water on the flower.
   请给花洒些水。
4. The gangsters sprayed the car with machinegun bullets.
   匪徒们用机枪狂扫汽车。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I've lost my throat spray.
   我的润喉剂喷筒丢了。
2. This spray will exterminate the termites.
   这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。
3. It's better to buy a non-aerosol spray.
   最好买一个非气溶胶喷雾器。
4. We parked the car by the sea and it got covered with spray.
   我们把汽车停在海边，结果车上全是水沫。
5. A cloud of fine spray came up from the waterfall.
   飞瀑溅起一片水雾。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Water sprayed out all over me.
   水喷出来浇了我一身。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He is spraying insecticide.
   他在喷杀虫剂。

用作名词 (n.)

1. We were wet with the sea spray.
   我们被海水的浪花溅湿。
2. The liquid came out of the bottle in a spray.
   液体从瓶子里喷出。

经典引文

• Thrush and robin perched mute on spray.

  出自： W. de la Mare

• The salt spray of the ocean was blown upon it.

  出自： R. Buchanan

• Another Renault flashed past and blinded the windscreen with spray.

  出自： J. Barnes

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

spray on( v.+prep. )

把…喷在…上scatter (liquid) on (sth) in fine drops produced under pressure
spray sth on sb/sth
A passing car sprayed mud on our clothes.

一辆过路汽车把泥溅在我们的衣服上。

spray with( v.+prep. )

用…喷在…上cover (sth/sb) with a fine scattering of (a liquid) produced under pressure
spray sb/sth with sth
He sprayed the furniture with paint yesterday.

他昨天已给家具喷完漆了。
The front of the house had been sprayed with white paint.

房子的正面已喷上了白漆。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• spray with water 用水喷

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• throw spray 喷出水花

形容词+～

• the blinding spray 炫目的水花

～+介词

• the spray of a waterfall 瀑布的水花

词义辨析

n. (名词)

spray, bough, branch, shoot, twig

• 这组词都有“树枝”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.branch为树枝的统称; twig指大树枝的细枝、嫩枝; shoot指植物的芽、嫩枝、新梢、苗; spray尤指有叶有花的树枝、花枝。
• 2.branch不分大小粗细; bough比较大; shoot最幼小; spray比shoot稍大、稍长一点。
• He broke off a branch.
• 他折断了一根树枝。
• They built their small shelter with boughs.
• 他们用大树枝搭起他们的小掩蔽处。
• A few tender shoots of green had started to appear.
• 几颗绿色的嫩芽开始出现了。
• Dry twigs are good to start a fire with.
• 干燥的细树枝用来生火很好。

近反义词

【近义词】

• spatter
• splash