Spatter

(noun.) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.

(noun.) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; 'he heard a spatter of gunfire'.

(verb.) dash a liquid upon or against; 'The mother splashed the baby's face with water'.

(verb.) spot, splash, or soil; 'The baby spattered the bib with food'.

整理:保罗

• The brush being dipped into the coloured matter, the comb is passed over the brush in such manner as to cause the paint to spatter the object with fine drops or particles. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The reason why those little preliminary explosions took place was that a little had spattered out on the edge of the filter paper, and had dried first and exploded. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She was wearing a curious dress of dark silk splashed and spattered with different colours, a curious motley effect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

整理:皮尔斯