spray(英语单词)

作动词

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

常用短语

sprayon(v.+prep.)

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

▲spraysth on sb/sth

A passing car sprayed mud on our clothes.一辆过路汽车把泥溅在我们的衣服上。

spraywith(v.+prep.)

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

spray with water 用水喷

▲spray sb/sth with sth

He sprayed the furniture with paint yesterday.他昨天已给家具喷完漆了。

◇ 用于be ～ed结构

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

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

C 喷雾 liquid to be sprayed out under pressure

spray还可作“带花的小枝,枝状饰物”解。例如:

She has a spray of diamonds.她有一个镶钻石的枝状饰物。

辞彙搭配

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

辨析

branch, bough, shoot, spray, 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。