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小词详解 | intersperse

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2024-09-10

intersperse 英 [ˌɪntəˈspɜːs] 美 [ˌɪntərˈspɜːrs]
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外刊例句

  • Interspersed among these were a number of people, and also some decoys, such as a heat lamp, a microwave oven and a laptop.
    当中散布着一些人,也放置了一些干扰物,如保温灯、微波炉和笔记本电脑。
    ——《经济学人》
  • Their promises interspersed with kisses, smacking the air.
    他们的誓言中夹杂着亲吻,飞扬在空中。
    ——《纽约时报》

基本释义

[verb] scatter among or between other things; place here and there
[动词] 散布在其他事物之中或之间;到处放置


深入解读

Intersperse 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的 disperse 同词根 spers, spars (散开)的单词,其中 intersperse 由前缀 inter- (在……中间)+词根 spers + e 构成。

从词源上来看, intersperse 最早于16世纪60年代由拉丁语 interspersus (散布的、散落的、撒落的)进入英语,用作动词表示“散布、散置”,主要指某个事物到处放置或者散布在其他事物之中或之间,常意味着无规律地混入。比如:

  • 在柳树中间错落有致地种有桃树。
    Peach trees were interspersed among the willows.
  • 她的笔记散见于整篇课文中。
    Her handwritten notes were interspersed throughout the text.

从这个概念出发, intersperse 还被用来引申指“点缀”,常用搭配 intersperse sth with sth ,侧重指间隔地用其他事物使一个或多个事物多样化。比如:

  • 晴间或有阵雨
    sunshine interspersed with
    showers
  • 点缀着花坛的草坪
    a lawn interspersed with flower beds

  • 他的帮凶讲阿拉伯语时间或夹杂些法语短语。
    His 
    accomplice occasionally interspersed his Arabic with French phrases.

名著用例
Harry followed Tonks into a dive. They were heading for the largest collection of lights he had yet seen, a huge, sprawling, crisscrossing mass, glittering in lines and grids, interspersed with patches of deepest black.
哈利跟着唐克斯俯冲下去。他们朝着一大片光亮飞去,哈利从未见过这么多灯光汇集在一起,纵横交错,星罗棋布,向四面八方延伸,其间点缀着一个个深黑色的方块。
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》(Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)。

同近义词

  • dot: (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area)
  • sprinkle: distribute or disperse something randomly or irregularly throughout (something)
  • pepper: cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items
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