spray(英語單詞)

作動詞

vt. & vi. 噴 throw or force out in very small drops on face, person, field of crops

常用短語

sprayon(v.+prep.)

把…噴在…上scatter (liquid) on (sth) in fine drops produced under pressure

▲spraysth on sb/sth

A passing car sprayed mud on our clothes.一輛過路汽車把泥濺在我們的衣服上。

spraywith(v.+prep.)

用…噴在…上cover (sth/sb) with a fine scattering of (a liquid) produced under pressure

spray with water 用水噴

▲spray sb/sth with sth

He sprayed the furniture with paint yesterday.他昨天已給家具噴完漆了。

◇ 用於be ～ed結構

The front of the house had been sprayed with white paint.房子的正面已噴上了白漆。

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

C 噴霧 liquid to be sprayed out under pressure

spray還可作“帶花的小枝,枝狀飾物”解。例如:

She has a spray of diamonds.她有一個鑲鑽石的枝狀飾物。

辭彙搭配

動詞+～

throw spray 噴出水花

形容詞+～

the blinding spray 炫目的水花

the spray of a waterfall 瀑布的水花

辨析

branch, bough, shoot, spray, twig

這組詞都有“樹枝”的意思。其區別是:

1.branch為樹枝的統稱; twig指大樹枝的細枝、嫩枝; shoot指植物的芽、嫩枝、新梢、苗; spray尤指有葉有花的樹枝、花枝。