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splinter 音标拼音: [spl'ɪntɚ] n. 碎片,尖片,刺,微小的东西
vt.
vi. 劈开,(使)破裂 碎片,尖片,刺,微小的东西劈开,(使)破裂 splinter n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; " he got a splinter in his finger"; " it broke into slivers" [ synonym: { splinter}, { sliver}] v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; " After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [ synonym: { secede}, { splinter}, { break away}] 2: divide into slivers or splinters [ synonym: { sliver}, { splinter}] 3: break up into splinters or slivers; " The wood splintered" [ synonym: { splinter}, { sliver}] Splinter \ Splin" ter\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Splintered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Splintering}.] [ Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See { Splint}, n., { Split}.] 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [ 1913 Webster] After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. -- Bp. Wren. [ 1913 Webster]
Splinter \ Splin" ter\, v. i. To become split into long pieces. [ 1913 Webster]
Splinter \ Splin" ter\, n. [ See { Splinter}, v., or { Splint}, n.] A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship' s mast rent off by a shot. [ 1913 Webster] { Splinter bar}. ( a) A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. ( b) The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree. [ 1913 Webster] 136 Moby Thesaurus words for " splinter": atomize, bit, black sheep, blemish, breach, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, breakage, breakaway group, burst, butt, camp, caucus, chip, chunk, cleft, clip, clipping, collop, crack, crash, crumb, crunch, crush, cut, cut to pieces, cutting, demolish, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, division, dollop, end, ethnic group, faction, fission, fissure, foreign body, foreign intruder, fracture, fragment, gap, gob, gobbet, grind, gruel, hunk, impurity, interest, interest group, intruder, lath, lump, make mincemeat of, mere shadow, mince, minority group, misfit, modicum, moiety, monkey wrench, morceau, morsel, mote, nip, oddball, offshoot, paper, paring, particle, party, pash, patch, piece, political party, pressure group, pulverize, rail, rake, rasher, rent, rift, rip, rive, rupture, scale, scatter, scoop, scrap, sect, shadow, shard, shatter, shaving, shiver, shred, side, silent majority, skeleton, slash, slat, slice, slip, slit, sliver, smash, smash up, smatter, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, soup, speck, splinter group, split, squash, squish, stitch, stone, streak, stump, tag, tatter, tear, vein, vocal minority, wafer, weed, wing |
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