asperse

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈspɜːs/    美 /əˈspɝs/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
    — a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water
  2. To falsely or maliciously charge someone.
    — It hath always been my way to baffle reproach with silence; though I cannot but observe the disingenuous proceedings of this gentleman, who is not content to asperse my writings, but hath wounded, through my sides, those eminent and worthy citizens, Mr. John Morphew, and Mr. Bernard Lintot.

词形变化

asperses present,singular,third-person aspersing participle,present aspersed participle,past aspersed past

词汇关系

衍生词
asperser aspersion aspersive unaspersed

词源

From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.
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