喜樂美語

Your hand moves above something and lets small bits fall — salt over an egg, sugar over a cake. The bits land scattered and separate, never in one lump, and the whole surface gets a thin, uneven cover.

手在東西上方輕輕一抖：鹽、糖、水珠一點一點落下去，散開、分開、彼此不相連。重點有兩個——量很少，而且是「分散地落」，不是倒成一坨。所以撒完之後那個表面是薄薄的、東一點西一點的，不是被蓋住。這個「小顆粒零星落下」的感覺，可以把這個字後面所有用法（點綴文章、下小雨）都串起來。

From the word’s history

Middle English sprenkelen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen; the -le ending is a frequentative suffix, marking an action done in many small repeated bits rather than once.

字尾的 -le 是英文裡的「反覆小動作」標記（像 twinkle 一閃一閃、crumble 一塊塊碎），這也解釋了 sprinkle 為什麼天生帶著「一點一點、重複很多次」的味道：它從來不是一次倒完的動作，而是許多細小的落下累積起來的。

Wiktionary (etymology of *sprinkle*, from Middle English *sprenkelen* / Middle Dutch *sprenkelen*, with frequentative *-le*)

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同家族的字

v過去式 sprinkled過去分詞 sprinkled-ing sprinkling三單 sprinkles

n複數 sprinkles

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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Sprinklename

  • 1

    A surname.

sprinkleverb/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/

  • 1

    To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

    • The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
    • And the priest shall[…]sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
  • 2

    To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

    • The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
    • Most of the passengers watched from the enclosed promenade deck, but Sandra found her way to the higher, open promenade where she shivered and watched the city lights fade and the stars sprinkle themselves across a dark blue velvet sky.
  • 3

    To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.

    • It sprinkled outside all day long.
  • 4

    To rain very lightly outside.

    • It sprinkled very early in the morning.
  • 5

    To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

    • having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience

sprinklenoun/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/

  • 1

    A light covering with a sprinkled substance.

    • He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
    • My memory leaves me with a constant and deep burning, my eyes stinging and red from short sprinkles of tears which have been sneaking up on me for days now.
  • 2

    A light rain shower.

  • 3

    An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.

  • 4

    A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。