splinter
/ˈsplɪntə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsplɪntər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsplin-tər/ (ame, mw) · /ˈsplɪn.tər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsplɪn.t̬ɚ/ (ame, ipa)
splinter — 名詞
- splintersingular
- splintersplural
1. a very thin, pointed fragment that has come away from a larger object made of wo
碎片；尖刺
從木、玻璃或金屬上脫落的細尖小片
a very thin, pointed fragment that has come away from a larger object made of wood, bone, or similarly hard but brittle material — for example, the kind that can get stuck under your skin when you handle rough timber.
Owen pulled a splinter out of his thumb with a pair of tweezers.
Owen 用鑷子把刺進拇指的碎片夾了出來。
collocation: pull / get / have a splinter (in body part)
Tiny splinters of glass were scattered across the kitchen floor after the bowl broke.
碗打破之後，廚房地板上散落著細小的玻璃碎片。
pattern: splinters of [material] + scattered/spread location
Sana warned the children not to walk barefoot on the old wooden deck because of the splinters.
Sana 提醒孩子們別赤腳走在那塊舊木甲板上，免得被尖刺扎到。
A splinter from the broken chair leg lodged itself deep in Min's palm.
斷掉的椅腳上一根尖刺深深扎進了 Min 的手掌。
文法句型
a splinter of [material]
get a splinter in [body part]
用法筆記
Typically singular when describing one piece under the skin; plural when describing scattered fragments after something breaks. Object is usually concrete (wood, glass, bone, metal).
常見錯誤
splinter — 動詞
- splinterpresent simple I / you / we / they
- splinters3rd person singular
- splintering-ing form
- splinteredpast simple
1. to come apart, or to cause something to come apart, into long thin pointed bits
裂成尖片
木頭或骨頭等受到撞擊時碎成細長尖片
to come apart, or to cause something to come apart, into long thin pointed bits — typically what happens to wood, bone, or thin plastic when it is struck hard.
The wooden door splintered when the firefighter struck it with his axe.
消防員用斧頭一砸，那扇木門就裂成尖片。
intransitive: [object] splintered + cause clause
Lara's hockey stick splintered into three jagged pieces during the match against Toronto.
Lara 的曲棍球桿在對上多倫多隊的比賽中斷成三截尖銳的碎片。
pattern: splinter into [N] pieces
The collision splintered the small boat's hull against the rocky shore.
那場撞擊把小船的船身在岩岸上撞成尖銳的碎片。
Eli felt the chair leg splinter under his weight as he leaned back too far.
Eli 往後一靠太用力，感覺到椅腳在身下裂開成尖片。
文法句型
[wood/bone] splintered
splinter into pieces
splinter on impact
用法筆記
Subject (intransitive) or object (transitive) is typically a hard but brittle material — wood, bone, thin plastic. Not used of glass, which uses 'shatter' instead. Distinguish from sense 2 by the literal, physical breakage.
常見錯誤
2. of a political party, religious community, or other organisation, to break up in
分裂出小派系
組織內部分裂成互相對立的小團體
of a political party, religious community, or other organisation, to break up into rival smaller groups whose members no longer accept the leadership or direction of the original body.
The opposition party splintered into four rival groups before the November election.
在十一月選舉前，反對黨已經分裂成四個彼此對立的派系。
pattern: [group] splintered into [N] groups
Naoko watched her local activist network splinter over disagreements about strategy.
Naoko 眼看著自己參與的在地行動網因策略分歧而分崩離析。
pattern: splinter over [disputed issue]
A small group of senior members splintered off from the church last spring to form their own congregation.
去年春天，一小群資深成員從教會分裂出去，自行組成新的會眾。
Internal arguments about funding have splintered the climate coalition into competing camps.
內部對經費的爭執已讓那個氣候聯盟分裂成幾個彼此較勁的陣營。
文法句型
[group] splintered into [smaller groups]
splinter off (from)
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a human organisation — a party, movement, coalition, denomination, or alliance. Frequently followed by 'into' + the resulting fragments, or by 'off' when describing the breakaway group. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is figurative and never describes physical breakage.