splin·ter /ˈsplɪntɚ/
碎片,尖片,刺,微小的東西(vt.)(vi.)劈開,(使)破裂
splin·ter /ˈsplɪntɚ/ 名詞
裂片,碎片,使成碎片,使分裂
Splin·ter v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splintered p. pr. & vb. n. Splintering.]
1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. --Prescott.
2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Splin·ter, v. i. To become split into long pieces.
Splin·ter, 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.
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.
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splinter
n : a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: sliver,
flinders]
v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break
up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn:
secede, break away]
2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver]
3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[syn: sliver]