The gunman’s picture was splashed across the front page.
持枪歹徒的照片大幅刊登在头版上。
5splash out (something)phrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrE informalto spend a lot of money on something 在…上花很多钱
on
We splashed out on a new kitchen.
我们花了一大笔钱装修新厨房。
Last year Roberts splashed out more than £1 million to buy a new home.
去年,罗伯茨花了一百多万英镑买了栋新房子。
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splash out • I never had a sense of abundance, of being able to splash out and enjoy myself.• If you don't want to splash out on DryShampoo, ordinary talcum powder will do the same trick.• You can also splash out on extra nitro-injectors, giving a short but effectiveblast of speed.• Then there are the lucky few who, every now and then, would splash outupwards of £1,000 on a singlefish.• Maybe so, but he splashes out when he gets there.
splash on• Then there are the lucky few who, every now and then, would splash out upwards of £1,000 on a single fish.• The devotedduo have splashed out £50,000 on Butlins visits - £1,000 more than they paid for their house.• The Government Family Spending survey found people are splashing out less on food and clothing and more on homes.• To improve its image, the firm is splashing out £3 million onsponsoring a boat in the 1993 round-the-world yachtrace.• Both singers have splashed out £100,000 on their live shows.• And, thankfully, many can afford to splash out a little ontreats and luxuries.• Palace are themselves interested in splashing out £2 million on Wimbledon's Terry Phelan.
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splash• It was splashed all over the shops!• A motorcyclespedpast, splashing all the spectators with mud.• Maggie watched the children splash around in the pool.• McMurphy stopped splashing around like he had been.• He knocked over her cup and splashedcoffee all over her new dress.• The kids were playing around in the pool, splashing each other.• The waterfallcascaded over the rocks and splashed into a pool at the bottom.• Water poured through the guttering and splashed noisily from the eaves.• Then I splashed out and got my first Alembic - cost me £890 in 1980, seriouscash.• Behind it the last bearsplashed through the water.• They were splashed with blood from Parker's eye.• Men were floundering about, splashing, yelling and cursing, whilst horses were draggedscreaming to their deaths by the guns.
splash against/on/over• I don't take to these modernistic people who just splash ondaubs of paint.• He felt cold, thickfluid being splashed on him.• Unfortunately another pupil came in, turned on the dryer and the acidsplashed over his face, causing a scar.• It splashes over into everything the person does.• I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it, the blood splashing over my hand.• Occasionally a drop would splash against the deck next to my face and spawn smaller drops that landed on my nose.• Fattearsrolled down her cheeks and splashed on the paper.• She opened her mouth, but spat out the sweet and sour liquid which splashed on to her tongue.
splash across/over• The desperate men and survivingvehiclessplashed across and raced after the masses that had crossed the bridge before it was obstructed.• Unfortunately another pupil came in, turned on the dryer and the acid splashed over his face, causing a scar.• It splashes over into everything the person does.• I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it, the blood splashing over my hand.• One day she wakes up, sees all that creepiness splashed across the front page.• Redspots had splashed across the picture.• Saladssplash across the plates in a sea of greenshades.• Delaney splashed across to one wall where a mass of underwatertackle was stored.
4make a splashinformalATTENTION to do something that gets a lot of public attention 惹人注目,引起轰动
Russell’s new show made a big splash in New York.
拉塞尔的新节目在纽约引起很大的轰动。
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make a splash• You could always make a splash at your local pool.• Cameron Diaz made a big splash in "The Mask."• How could such a one as Hatton restrain himself from making a splash?• He was going to make a splash the nature of which was still to be determined.• To make a splash in this town it takes a revolutionaryconcept or a multimillion-dollar decor.• As a team, the two made splashes with the Royalton and Paramounthotels in New York.
5[singular]DFD a small amount of liquid added to a drink 〔加入饮料中的〕少量液体
splash of
a cup of coffee with a splash of brandy
一杯加了少许白兰地的咖啡
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splash• Not so much as a splash or even his oddly deformed head above the water.• Between the bed and the door, a splash of red and white on the room's ochre.• A moment later we heard a splash and a squeal, more splashing, a flutter of duck, whoops of delight.• Then add just a splash of lemon.• This was like a splash of ice water right in my face.• There was a splash behind the boat as a large silverfishjumped out of the water.• Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash.• Judging from the shouts and splashes coming from the pool, everyone was having a lot of fun.• Ashlee fell into the river with a loud splash.• I heard the splash of oars in the water.• There were splashes of paint all over my clothes.• White splashes of paint on the bottlesindicated which way up they should be binned after delivery from the winemerchant.• Rays of afternoon light poured through the stainedglasswindows, drenching the sanctuary with splashes of color.
Originsplash1
(1700-1800)plash“to splash”((16-19 centuries)), perhaps from Dutchplassen