Splinter



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.尖片, 裂片
• ［英］ n.尖片, 裂片 ( a thin piece split; sliver)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German splinte splint
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a thin piece split or broken off lengthwise ; sliver
  • b. a small needlelike particle
• 2. a group or faction broken away from a parent body
• ? splinter adjective
• ? splintery adjective

II. verb (splintered; splintering)

• Date: 1582
• transitive verb
  • 1. to split or rend into long thin pieces ; shiver
  • 2. to split into fragments, parts, or factions
• intransitive verb
  • to become splintered

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