spray /spreɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( spraying, sprayed, sprays )

• 1. 

  N-VAR Spray is a lot of small drops of water which are being thrown into the air. 水雾

  例：

  The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall.

  月亮在瀑布溅起的水雾中映出了一道彩虹。

• 2. 

  N-MASS A spray is a liquid kept under pressure in a can or other container, which you can force out in very small drops. 喷剂

  例：

  ...hair spray.

  …头发喷剂

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you spray a liquid somewhere or if it sprays somewhere, drops of the liquid cover a place or shower someone. 喷 (液体); (液体) 喷出

  例：

  A sprayer hooked to a tractor can spray five gallons onto ten acres.

  挂在拖拉机上的喷雾器用五加仑液量能喷洒十英亩地。

  例：

  Inmates threw bricks at prison officers who were spraying them with a hose.

  囚犯们朝那些用水管向他们喷水的狱警们抛掷砖头。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If a lot of small things spray somewhere or if something sprays them, they are scattered somewhere with a lot of force. 使溅出; 溅出

  例：

  A shower of mustard seeds sprayed into the air and fell into the grass.

  许多芥籽溅到空中，然后掉进草地里。

  例：

  The intensity of the blaze shattered windows, spraying glass on the streets below.

  熊熊烈焰烧碎了窗户，玻璃碎片飞溅到了下面的街道上。

• 5. 

  V-T If someone sprays bullets somewhere, they fire a lot of bullets at a group of people or things. 扫射

  例：

  He ran to the top of the building, spraying bullets into shoppers below.

  他冲向楼顶，向下面的购物者扫射。

• 6. 

  V-T If something is sprayed, it is painted using paint kept under pressure in a container. 喷漆 [usu passive]

  例：

  The bare metal was sprayed with several coats of primer.

  裸露的金属被喷了几层底漆。

• 7. 

  V-T/V-I When someone sprays against insects, they cover plants or crops with a chemical which prevents insects from feeding on them. 给 (作物等) 喷药; 喷药

  例：

  He doesn't spray against pests or diseases.

  他没有喷农药来防治害虫或疾病。

  例：

  Confine the use of insecticides to the evening and do not spray plants that are in flower.

  只限晚间使用杀虫剂，并且不要对花期植物喷药。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A spray is a piece of equipment for spraying water or another liquid, especially over growing plants. 喷雾器

  例：

  Farmers can use the spray to kill weeds without harming the soy crop.

  农民们能用喷雾器来除草而不伤大豆作物。

• 9. 

  N a small decorative bouquet or corsage of flowers and foliage (用作装饰的)花枝束