splinter
splinter 英 [ˈsplɪntə(r)] 美 [ˈsplɪntɚ]
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
进行时:splintering 过去式:splintered 过去分词:splintered 第三人称单数:splinters 名词复数:splinters
- A splinter is a narrow, pointed sliver that breaks off something larger. If you walk barefoot on a wooden floor, dock, or boardwalk, you might get a splinter of wood in your foot. Ouch!
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- 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
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1. If we tried to overthrow Qaddafi by force, our coalition would splinter.
如果我们试图以武力推翻卡扎菲,我们的联盟便会分裂。
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2. The organisation the suspects were reportedly involved in was called the Al-Qaeda Jihad Organisation for the Malay Archipelago, a splinter group of regional terror organisation Jemaah Islamiah.
报导中嫌疑人所在的恐怖组织叫做“马来群岛基地圣战组织”,它是从地区恐怖组织“伊斯兰祈祷团”分裂出来的一个组织。
- 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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