smattering
英 [ˈsmætərɪŋ]
美 [ˈsmætərɪŋ]
n. (尤指对语言)略知，浅知
复数：smatterings
BNC.21618 / COCA.17275
牛津词典
noun
- （尤指对语言）略知，浅知
a small amount of sth, especially knowledge of a language- He only has a smattering of French.
他只懂一点法语。
- He only has a smattering of French.
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 一点点;少许
A smattering ofsomething is a very small amount of it.- I had acquired a smattering of Greek.
我学会了一丁点希腊语。
- I had acquired a smattering of Greek.
英英释义
noun
- a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
- a small number or amount
- only a handful of responses were received
双语例句
- I know a smattering of portuguese.
我略微懂点葡萄牙语。 - A glance at the ranking shows there is a smattering of business schools in London and New York. Each city is home to a top-10 school and has at least one other in the top 100.
从榜单上可以看出，伦敦和纽约分布着一些商学院。这两个城市都至少有两所商学院荣登百强榜，也都各有一所商学院排在前十名之列。 - Entities no longer have one Web site but a smattering of personalities& one for each kind of device.
各家企业不再拥有网站，而拥有了一定的个性化&为每种产品赋予一种个性。 - Must not choose the course of one table, after be satisfied with a smattering of a subject, earnest ground says to me: Waste is disgraceful behavior.
不许点了一桌子的菜，浅尝辄止后，严厉地对我说：浪费是可耻的行为。 - My father grew up in a largely German neighborhood and acquired a smattering of the language, with which he would playfully regale me in my youth.
我父亲在一个德国人为主的社区里长大，略懂德语，在我年轻的时候曾用德语逗我玩。 - But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
所有读法律的人，其中大多数也确实读了点书，但他们所努力获得的只是对这门科学的一知半解。 - What growers should be promoting are perennials that are tried and true with a smattering of some of these new, sexy things.
种植者应该推广的是已经过实践检验的品种和少数新品靓品。 - A smattering of Mexican restaurants across the country serve roasted grasshoppers in tacos or with guacamole.
美国各地有少数墨西哥餐厅供应烤蚂蚱玉米卷和鳄梨酱配烤蚂蚱。 - I only have a smattering of English.
对英语我只懂一点皮毛。 - About a year passed, and all he had given us a few incantations to make heaven and earth clash, and smattering of various formulas and useful practices.
大约过了一年，老师教给我们的只是几句天地碰撞的咒语，几条不同的法则和有用的巫术。