Splinter

(noun.) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; 'he got a splinter in his finger'; 'it broke into slivers'.

(verb.) break up into splinters or slivers; 'The wood splintered'.

校对:米利森特

• Next instant, with a loud shout of triumph he held up one splinter, in which a round, dark object was fixed like a plum in a pudding. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Among so many gallant knights, will none dare splinter a spear with Richard? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This notice he stuck upon the door with a small sharp splinter of wood. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• If those eyes of yours were bed-winches, returned Miss Pross, and I was an English four-poster, they shouldn't loose a splinter of me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It consisted of a thin splinter of dried wood, the top of which was dipped in a mixture of one part of chlorate of potass, two of sulphide of antimony, and one of gum. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He wanted a more homogeneous material than thread, and he began to try carbonizing everything he could lay his hands on, straw, paper, cardboard, splinters of wood. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Splinters from the timber would have made havoc among the men behind. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You did right to hold fast to each other, I said: as if the monster- splinters were living things, and could hear me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Then he stared at the pile of little pieces that lay before him like a bundle of splinters. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• See if you can knock a few of those boats to splinters. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He took out a number of small steel splinters from my thighs with delicate and refined distaste. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The ground was torn up and in front of my head there was a splintered beam of wood. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The postern gate shakes, continued Rebecca; it crashes--it is splintered by his blows--they rush in--the outwork is won--Oh, God! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It lay scattered, in splintered shards, upon the grass. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The bare vaulting of trees along the Mall was ceiled with lapis lazuli, and arched above snow that shone like splintered crystals. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The pause in the tournament was still uninterrupted, excepting by the voices of the heralds exclaiming--Love of ladies, splintering of lances! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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