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sprinkling
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈsprɪŋ.kəl.ɪŋ/ us /ˈsprɪŋ.kəl.ɪŋ/
small pieces or drops of something that are dropped over a surface: 少量（洒或撒下的东西）;零星喷洒（或撒下）的东西
Top each bowl with a generous sprinkling of fresh mint.给每个碗里都多撒点新鲜薄荷。
figurativeThe audience were mainly women with a sprinkling (= a small number)of earnest-looking men.观众大部分是女性，只有几个神态热切的男性。
figurativeLooking young for his 40 years, he has just a sprinkling (= a small number)of grey hairs at the temples.他40岁了，但看起来很年轻，只是鬓角处有几丝白发。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Spreading and scattering
all over the placeidiom
bedaub
bell
bestrew
billow
dispersion
disseminate
distribution
dotted around
dredge
dusting
encroach on/upon something
rambling
scattered
scatteringly
slap something on
slather
smear
smudge
sprinkle
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