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Splinter Split Middle 12927.Splinter 英 Splɪntə]美 Splɪntɚ 释义

正面 12927.splinter
英 ['splɪntə]美 ['splɪntɚ]

背面
释义:
n. 碎片;微小的东西;极瘦的人vi. 分裂;裂成碎片vt. 使分裂;使裂成碎片n. (Splinter)人名;(瑞典)斯普林特
例句:
1. The mirror cracked but did not splinter.镜子裂了,但没碎。

1. split => splint.2. split => splinter.
splinter 碎片,裂片来自中古荷兰语 splinter,碎片,裂片,词源同 splint,铁片,夹板,-er,名词后缀。后用于指碎 片,碎木板,碎木条等。
splinter (n.)early 14c., from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter "a splinter," related to splinte (see splint). The adjective (in splinter party, etc.) is first recorded 1935, from the noun.splinter (v.)1580s (transitive), from splinter (n.). Figurative sense from c. 1600. Intransitive use from 1620s. Middle English had splinder (v.) "to shatter" (of a spear, etc.), mid-15c. Related: Splintered; splintering."

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