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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spray \Spray\, n. [probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin
to E. spread. See {Spread}, v. t.]
1. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force
of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and
the like.
2. (Med.)
(a) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an
application to a diseased part or to charge the air of
a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
(b) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
{Spray condenser} (Steam Engine) an injection condenser in
which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which
mingles with it.
Spray \Spray\, v. t.
1. To let fall in the form of spray. [Poetic] --M. Arnold.
2. To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of
spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument,
with carbolic acid.
Spray \Spray\ (spr>amac/), n. [Cf. Dan. sprag. See {Sprig}.]
1. A small shoot or branch; a twig. --Chaucer.
The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping
from spray, were heard to sing. --Dryden.
2. A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a
beautiful spray.
And from the trees did lop the needless spray.
--Spenser.
3. (Founding)
(a) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask,
made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
(b) A group of castings made in the same mold and
connected by sprues formed in the runner and its
branches. --Knight.
{Spray drain} (Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth
the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages
open.
資料來源 : WordNet®
spray
v 1: be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over
the floor"
2: scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on
someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
3: cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"
spray
n 1: a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
2: a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a
fine spray [syn: {atomizer}, {atomiser}, {sprayer}]
3: a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray
of bullets" [syn: {spraying}]
4: flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot
bearing flowers and foliage
5: water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or
thrown up by a waterfall
6: a jet of vapor