- [intransitive, transitive] (of wood, glass, stone, etc.木頭、玻璃、石頭等) to break, or to make something break, into small, thin, sharp pieces(使)裂成碎片 synonym shatter
- The mirror cracked but did not splinter.鏡子裂了,但沒碎。
- The vase splintered into a thousand pieces.花瓶碎成了一千塊。
- splinter something The impact splintered the wood.木頭被撞成了碎片。
- She could hear the talons shredding and splintering the wood.她聽到鳥爪撕碎木頭的聲音。
- [intransitive] (of a group of people團體) to divide into smaller groups that are no longer connected; to separate from a larger group分裂;分離出來
- The party began to splinter.那個黨開始分裂。
- splinter (off) (from something) Several firms have splintered off from the original company.從原公司分離出好幾個企業。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter; related to splint.