Definition of spindrift in English:

spindrift

noun ˈspɪndrɪftˈspɪndrɪft

mass noun

1Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.
（被风吹起的）海浪溅沫
Example sentencesExamples
- Its contents smelled of Scottish mildew and stone, and spindrift, and stevedore's spilt beer, and untreated crate wood, and alien scents of faraway cargo, the wafture of seas and continents.
- Anachronisms and nautical howlers bombard the reader like spindrift in a Force 10 gale.
- Its fury is unimaginable, white spindrift foaming and tumbling as Christopher shouts orders above the howling wind.
- I worked my way up, dutifully cleaning pro as I went and complaining loudly to no one in particular about the spindrift, steam and melt water on my glasses.
- And through the spindrift the local surfers will don thick wetsuits, boots, gloves and hoods and paddle out into frigid North Atlantic swells to do what we all love best, catch a few waves.
- It's a fine day, the sun shining but the wind blowing spindrift sharp as staples.
- With childlike optimism, I'd pitched our tarp-tent as I would have in Colorado timber, and spindrift had squirted through every crack, coating everything with a layer of rime and soaking our sleeping bag.
- From the dark geometrical precision of its bridge, Ghyll Beck lopes downhill in long slants of water pelting spindrift spray and flooding, pure white, across the wide flat stones at the base of the waterfall.
- Everyone in England should see it from the deck of a wooden sailing ship, with a chill on the air and the taste of spindrift on their lips.
Synonyms
shower, sprinkling, sprinkle, spritz, jet, mist, drizzle, droplets
1. 1.1 Driving snow or sand.
  （被风吹起的）似海浪溅沫般的雪（或沙）
  Example sentencesExamples
  We climb into a headwind that lashes spindrift in our eyes, blurring our vision with sweeping clouds of ice.
  Sitting on the ledge, looking up at the piles of spindrift snow just waiting to pour down my collar and into my gloves, I realized that I was maybe done for the day.
  Plumes of spindrift were scouring the top, leaving nothing but a swooping white cleaver of ice.
  They're Yorkshiremen, you see, and their impressionable parts have been cured over the centuries, like Baffin Island blubber, by spindrift and coal smoke.
  At the top there was blue sky, but wind enough to lick fine spindrift snow from the lips of waist-deep drifts.
  The cold, soft spindrift blew into my face as I crouched beside a boulder trying to strap crampons to my boots with frozen fingers.
  The rocks were encased in crusted snow and the wind was driving spindrift across the open slopes.

Origin

Early 17th century (originally Scots): variant of spoondrift, from archaic spoon 'run before wind or sea' + the noun drift.

Definition of spindrift in US English:

spindrift

nounˈspindriftˈspɪndrɪft

1Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.
（被风吹起的）海浪溅沫
Example sentencesExamples
- Its fury is unimaginable, white spindrift foaming and tumbling as Christopher shouts orders above the howling wind.
- It's a fine day, the sun shining but the wind blowing spindrift sharp as staples.
- I worked my way up, dutifully cleaning pro as I went and complaining loudly to no one in particular about the spindrift, steam and melt water on my glasses.
- Its contents smelled of Scottish mildew and stone, and spindrift, and stevedore's spilt beer, and untreated crate wood, and alien scents of faraway cargo, the wafture of seas and continents.
- And through the spindrift the local surfers will don thick wetsuits, boots, gloves and hoods and paddle out into frigid North Atlantic swells to do what we all love best, catch a few waves.
- From the dark geometrical precision of its bridge, Ghyll Beck lopes downhill in long slants of water pelting spindrift spray and flooding, pure white, across the wide flat stones at the base of the waterfall.
- Anachronisms and nautical howlers bombard the reader like spindrift in a Force 10 gale.
- With childlike optimism, I'd pitched our tarp-tent as I would have in Colorado timber, and spindrift had squirted through every crack, coating everything with a layer of rime and soaking our sleeping bag.
- Everyone in England should see it from the deck of a wooden sailing ship, with a chill on the air and the taste of spindrift on their lips.
Synonyms
shower, sprinkling, sprinkle, spritz, jet, mist, drizzle, droplets
1. 1.1 Driving snow or sand.
  （被风吹起的）似海浪溅沫般的雪（或沙）
  Example sentencesExamples
  We climb into a headwind that lashes spindrift in our eyes, blurring our vision with sweeping clouds of ice.
  The cold, soft spindrift blew into my face as I crouched beside a boulder trying to strap crampons to my boots with frozen fingers.
  Plumes of spindrift were scouring the top, leaving nothing but a swooping white cleaver of ice.
  Sitting on the ledge, looking up at the piles of spindrift snow just waiting to pour down my collar and into my gloves, I realized that I was maybe done for the day.
  They're Yorkshiremen, you see, and their impressionable parts have been cured over the centuries, like Baffin Island blubber, by spindrift and coal smoke.
  The rocks were encased in crusted snow and the wind was driving spindrift across the open slopes.
  At the top there was blue sky, but wind enough to lick fine spindrift snow from the lips of waist-deep drifts.

Origin

Early 17th century (originally Scots): variant of spoondrift, from archaic spoon ‘run before wind or sea’ + the noun drift.

词汇	spindrift
释义	Definition of spindrift in English: spindrift noun ˈspɪndrɪftˈspɪndrɪft mass noun 1Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind. （被风吹起的）海浪溅沫 Example sentencesExamples Its contents smelled of Scottish mildew and stone, and spindrift, and stevedore's spilt beer, and untreated crate wood, and alien scents of faraway cargo, the wafture of seas and continents. Anachronisms and nautical howlers bombard the reader like spindrift in a Force 10 gale. Its fury is unimaginable, white spindrift foaming and tumbling as Christopher shouts orders above the howling wind. I worked my way up, dutifully cleaning pro as I went and complaining loudly to no one in particular about the spindrift, steam and melt water on my glasses. And through the spindrift the local surfers will don thick wetsuits, boots, gloves and hoods and paddle out into frigid North Atlantic swells to do what we all love best, catch a few waves. It's a fine day, the sun shining but the wind blowing spindrift sharp as staples. With childlike optimism, I'd pitched our tarp-tent as I would have in Colorado timber, and spindrift had squirted through every crack, coating everything with a layer of rime and soaking our sleeping bag. From the dark geometrical precision of its bridge, Ghyll Beck lopes downhill in long slants of water pelting spindrift spray and flooding, pure white, across the wide flat stones at the base of the waterfall. Everyone in England should see it from the deck of a wooden sailing ship, with a chill on the air and the taste of spindrift on their lips. Synonyms shower, sprinkling, sprinkle, spritz, jet, mist, drizzle, droplets 1.1 Driving snow or sand. （被风吹起的）似海浪溅沫般的雪（或沙） Example sentencesExamples We climb into a headwind that lashes spindrift in our eyes, blurring our vision with sweeping clouds of ice. Sitting on the ledge, looking up at the piles of spindrift snow just waiting to pour down my collar and into my gloves, I realized that I was maybe done for the day. Plumes of spindrift were scouring the top, leaving nothing but a swooping white cleaver of ice. They're Yorkshiremen, you see, and their impressionable parts have been cured over the centuries, like Baffin Island blubber, by spindrift and coal smoke. At the top there was blue sky, but wind enough to lick fine spindrift snow from the lips of waist-deep drifts. The cold, soft spindrift blew into my face as I crouched beside a boulder trying to strap crampons to my boots with frozen fingers. The rocks were encased in crusted snow and the wind was driving spindrift across the open slopes. Origin Early 17th century (originally Scots): variant of spoondrift, from archaic spoon 'run before wind or sea' + the noun drift. Definition of spindrift in US English: spindrift nounˈspindriftˈspɪndrɪft 1Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind. （被风吹起的）海浪溅沫 Example sentencesExamples Its fury is unimaginable, white spindrift foaming and tumbling as Christopher shouts orders above the howling wind. It's a fine day, the sun shining but the wind blowing spindrift sharp as staples. I worked my way up, dutifully cleaning pro as I went and complaining loudly to no one in particular about the spindrift, steam and melt water on my glasses. Its contents smelled of Scottish mildew and stone, and spindrift, and stevedore's spilt beer, and untreated crate wood, and alien scents of faraway cargo, the wafture of seas and continents. And through the spindrift the local surfers will don thick wetsuits, boots, gloves and hoods and paddle out into frigid North Atlantic swells to do what we all love best, catch a few waves. From the dark geometrical precision of its bridge, Ghyll Beck lopes downhill in long slants of water pelting spindrift spray and flooding, pure white, across the wide flat stones at the base of the waterfall. Anachronisms and nautical howlers bombard the reader like spindrift in a Force 10 gale. With childlike optimism, I'd pitched our tarp-tent as I would have in Colorado timber, and spindrift had squirted through every crack, coating everything with a layer of rime and soaking our sleeping bag. Everyone in England should see it from the deck of a wooden sailing ship, with a chill on the air and the taste of spindrift on their lips. Synonyms shower, sprinkling, sprinkle, spritz, jet, mist, drizzle, droplets 1.1 Driving snow or sand. （被风吹起的）似海浪溅沫般的雪（或沙） Example sentencesExamples We climb into a headwind that lashes spindrift in our eyes, blurring our vision with sweeping clouds of ice. The cold, soft spindrift blew into my face as I crouched beside a boulder trying to strap crampons to my boots with frozen fingers. Plumes of spindrift were scouring the top, leaving nothing but a swooping white cleaver of ice. Sitting on the ledge, looking up at the piles of spindrift snow just waiting to pour down my collar and into my gloves, I realized that I was maybe done for the day. They're Yorkshiremen, you see, and their impressionable parts have been cured over the centuries, like Baffin Island blubber, by spindrift and coal smoke. The rocks were encased in crusted snow and the wind was driving spindrift across the open slopes. At the top there was blue sky, but wind enough to lick fine spindrift snow from the lips of waist-deep drifts. Origin Early 17th century (originally Scots): variant of spoondrift, from archaic spoon ‘run before wind or sea’ + the noun drift.
随便看	unstirring unstitch unstitched unstop unstoppability unstoppability unstoppable unstoppably unstoppably unstopped unstopper unstoppered unstopping unstops unstrained unstrap unstrapped unstrapping unstraps unstreamed unstress unstressed unstring unstringed unstringing