spray Значение & определение

Значение на spray на български

• 0 a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in the air:

  • Can you feel the spray from the sea/waterfall?

  • a quick spray of perfume/polish

  • Farmers use a lot of chemical sprays on crops.

• 1 a single small branch or stem with leaves and flowers on it:

  • All the wedding guests wore sprays of carnations.

• 2 to spread liquid in small drops over an area:

  • She sprayed herself with perfume.

  • Vandals had sprayed graffiti on the wall.

  • The pipe burst and water was spraying everywhere.

  • figurative Rush hour commuters were sprayed with bullets by a gunman in a car.

• 3 a mass of very small drops of liquid forced through the air, or a container from which small drops of liquid are forced out:

  • [ U ] As the waves crashed over the rocks, some of the ocean spray reached them where they stood.

  • [ C ] When my nose is stuffy, I use a nasal spray.

• 4 a single, small branch or stem with leaves and flowers on it, or a small arrangement of cut flowers:

  • On the table was a spray of fresh flowers.

• 5 to put a mass of small drops of liquid on someone or something or into the air, or to flow out of a container in a mass of small drops:

  • [ T ] Store employees offer to spray you with perfume.

  • [ T ] fig. They were sprayed with flying glass from the shattered windows.