plinter
n
small thin sharp piece of wood, metal, glass, etc broken off a larger piece (木头、 金属、 玻璃等的)带尖儿的小碎片
I've got a splinter in my finger. 我手指扎了根刺. splinter, v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (into/to sth); ~ (sth) off (cause sth to) break into splinters (使某物)裂成碎片
This wood splinters easily. 这种木头容易裂成片.
The windscreen cracked but didnot splinter. 挡风玻璃裂了, 但没碎.
The waves smashed the boat against the rocks, splintering it to pieces. 浪头把船冲向岩石, 撞成碎片.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (off) (into sth) (fig 比喻) separate off from a larger group; form a splinter group (从较大的团体中)分裂出来, 组成小派别.
Oh, let's see. It'll be about 3:30 before we have anybody free.
哦,让我想想。大概要到3:30我们才有空。
Why did the company demand his resignation?
为什么公司命令他辞职呢?
After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites -- some of them over forty feet high -- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.