sprinkle /ˈsprɪŋkəl/ CET6 TEM4 ( sprinkling, sprinkled, sprinkles )

• 1. 

  V-T If you sprinkle a thing with something such as a liquid or powder, you scatter the liquid or powder over it. (给…) 洒 (液体); (给…) 撒 (粉末状物)

  例：

  Sprinkle the meat with salt and place in the pan.

  给肉撒点盐，然后放进平锅里。

  例：

  At the festival, candles are blessed and sprinkled with holy water.

  在节日里，蜡烛被圣化并被洒上圣水。

• 2. 

  V-T If something is sprinkled with particular things, it has a few of them throughout it and they are far apart from each other. 零星分布

  例：

  Unfortunately, the text is sprinkled with errors.

  遗憾的是，文本有零星的错误。