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smattering

/smat-er-ing/US // ˈsmæt ər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈsmætərɪŋ) //

零星的,零星,零散的,零散

Related Words

modicum谦虚,谦逊,谦卑,谦和smidgen微量级,微量,少许,少量的little少许,少,少量,少少rudiments基础知识,基本原理,基本知识,基本原则basics基础知识,基本知识,基本原理,基本情况bit位,位数,比特,位元smidge微小的,微弱,微小,微微elements元素,元件tad蝌蚪,颓废,蝌蚪的故事,蝌蝌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something: a smattering of Latin.
    • : a small amount or number: She’s written a smattering of poetry.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : slight or superficial.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsmall amount
Synonyms
modicum谦虚,谦逊,谦卑,谦和smidgen微量级,微量,少许,少量的basics基础知识,基本知识,基本原理,基本情况bit位,位数,比特,位元elements元素,元件little少许,少,少量,少少rudiments基础知识,基本原理,基本知识,基本原则smidge微小的,微弱,微小,微微tad蝌蚪,颓废,蝌蚪的故事,蝌蝌soupçon

Examples

  • At first, just a smattering of travelers tested positive, triggering work-from-home orders and panicked searches for masks.

  • In other words, each of us has a smattering of brain cells dedicated to modeling another mind inside our own heads.

  • There’s already a smattering of participants that includes schools, hotels and the military.

  • The TikToks performed fairly well, usually generating around 10,000 or so views and a smattering of comments.

  • Windows offer a bit more space, as well, along with a smattering of new symbols scattered throughout first-party apps like Mail and Calendar.

  • The long crypt tunnels into a hillside, only visible by a smattering of skylights peeking up between graves.

  • There was a smattering of clean-cut sensation seekers and a few actual Hindus as well.

  • “I will be here in August 2014,” he thundered to a smattering of laughs and applause.

  • For the non-greenhorn, though, there is fun to be had in the smattering of fearless, at times audacious, assertions.

  • “There were a smattering of reactions,” Hoyt told The Daily Beast.

  • All that was necessary was a slight knowledge of a Cabinet Minister, and a smattering of schooling.

  • No man who ever was in a quarry or gravel pit will say so, much less one who has the least smattering of chemistry or geology.

  • A Canadian who had picked up a smattering of German acted as interpreter.

  • For he had some sort of smattering of English literature which a Public School boy has no business to possess.

  • I had some smattering of geometry and fortification; my uncle was an engineer; I was in a manner a soldier by inheritance.

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