sprent

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leap; bound; move quickly; dart Northern-England,Scotland,dialectal,intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Sprinkled. archaic

词形变化

sprents present,singular,third-person sprenting participle,present sprented participle,past sprented past sprunt alternative more sprent comparative most sprent superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
词源 2
From Middle English sprent, sprend (“sprinkled”), past participle of Middle English sprengen (“to sprinkle”), from Old English sprengan (“to cause to spring; scatter”), from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of *springaną (“to spring; jump”). More at spring.
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