v (1)灑(撒)，把……灑(撒)在……上(scatter sth over sth else in small drops or bits)[T+n，T+n+prep(on/onto/over/with)]：～water on the dusty road 在塵土飛揚的道路上灑水;～sugar on one's cake/one's food 把糖撒在蛋糕/食物上;～salt over one's salad 把鹽撒在色拉上;～the icy path with sand 給結(jié)冰的小路撒沙子;～one's food with salt 往自己的食物上撒鹽;have a special apparatus for～ing the roses with water 有往玫瑰上撒水的特殊器具;His coat was～d with cigarette ashes. 他的上衣撒滿了香煙灰。a wooded area～d with lakes (fig)湖泊夾雜其間的林區(qū);Jennie's golden hair is now～d with grey.(fig) 珍妮的金發(fā)中已有銀絲?！纪絛ust，scatter，dash，spray;
(2)下小雨(rain;(of rain) fall in small or infrequent drops)[I]：Take your umbrella in case it～s.把雨傘帶著以防下小雨。
→′sprinkler n 灑水器;′sprinkling n 微量或少數(shù);
n 一點點(small amount)[C，通常sing]：put a～of nuts on the top of the cake 在蛋糕上放一些堅果仁;a～of sand 一點點沙子;
【辨異】sprinkle與 scatter的區(qū)別見SCATTER。