sprinkle
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verb
1. with object and adverbial scatter or pour small drops or particles of a substance over (an object or surface):
【場所などに】〈物〉をまく, 散布する «on, over, onto» ; 〈場所〉に水をまく［吹きかける］
e.g. I sprinkled the floor with water.
scatter or pour (small drops or particles of a substance) over an object or surface:
〖～ A with B〗 〈人などが〉A〈物･場所など〉にB〈液体･粉末など〉を(一面に)(振り)まく, 振りかける
e.g. sprinkle sesame seeds over the top.
distribute or disperse something randomly or irregularly throughout (something):
〖～ A with B〗 A〈話など〉にB〈特有の表現など〉を散りばめる(→ 分詞sprinkled)
e.g. he sprinkled his conversation with quotations.
place or attach (a number of things) at irregularly spaced intervals:
【場所に】〈物など〉を散在［点在］させる «over, about, through(out)»
e.g. a dress with little daisies sprinkled all over it.
2. no object (it sprinkles, it is sprinkling, etc.) North American rain very lightly:
｟主に米｠ 〖itを主語にして〗小雨が降る, 雨がぱらつく(｟英･くだけて｠ spit)
e.g. it began to sprinkle.
noun
1. a small quantity or amount of something scattered over an object or surface:
〖a ～ of A〗 少量のA; 〖単数形で〗振りかける［振りまく］こと, 散布; 〖通例～s〗 振りまかれた［散在する］物
e.g. a generous sprinkle of pepper
e.g. figurative : fiction with a sprinkle of fact.
2. in singular North American a light rain.
｟主に米｠ 〖単数形で〗小雨
3. (sprinkles) chiefly North American tiny sugar shapes, typically rods and balls, used for decorating cakes, ice cream, and other desserts.
｟米｠ (アイスなどに付ける粒状の)トッピング
ORIGIN
late Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch sprenkelen.