亚洲网紅露点

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splinter

[ splin-ter ]

noun

  1. a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.

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verb (used with object)

  1. to split or break into splinters.
  2. to break off (something) in splinters.
  3. to split or break (a larger group) into separate factions or independent groups.
  4. Obsolete. to secure or support by a splint or splints, as a broken limb.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be split or broken into splinters.
  2. to break off in splinters.

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splinter

/ 藞蝉辫濒瑟苍迟蓹 /

noun

  1. a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole
  2. a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter
  2. to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of splinter1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; splint
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of splinter1

C14: from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint
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"I read a heart breaking story about a mother who'd just moved into a house, and her young child got some splinters in his toes and was in quite a lot of pain," he said.

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So if Democratic voters splinter, Bianco or Hilton could win one of the top two spots, despite the state鈥檚 deep blue tilt.

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That people will splinter into hostile groups when common sense would lead them to unite is what fuels 鈥淭he Last of Us,鈥 as a game and a series, and lifts it into classical epic territory.

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"Fortunately, it was a small injury from plastic splinters from the right window."

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A splinter group, the Northeast cartel, was among those designated as a terrorist organization last month by the Trump administration.

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