Tra từ splash - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

splash [splash splashes splashed splashing] verb, noun BrE [splæʃ] NAmE [splæʃ]
verb
1. intransitive + adv./prep. (of liquid)to fall noisily onto a surface
•Water splashed onto the floor.
•Rain splashed against the windows.
•Big tears ran down her cheeks and splashed onto the paper.
2. transitive to make sb/sth wet by making water, mud, etc. fall on them/it
•~ sth on/onto/over sb/sth He splashed cold water on his face.
•~ sb/sth with sth He splashed his face with cold water.
•My clothes were splashed with mud.
•~ sb/sth Stop splashing me!
•Try not to splash the leaves when you water the plant.
3. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to move through water making drops fly everywhere
•The kids were splashing through the puddles.
•People were having fun in the pool, swimming or just splashing around.
4. transitive ~ sth with sth usually passive to decorate sth with areas of bright colour, not in a regular pattern
•The walls were splashed with patches of blue and purple.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (as a verb): alteration of plash ‘a splashing sound’.

Example Bank:
•He was in his mid-forties, his hair liberally splashed with grey.
•Her clean clothes were all splashed with mud.
•Rain splashed against the window.
•She splashed some petrol onto the wood and set fire to it.
•She splashed some water onto the stain.
•She splashed some water over her boots to clean them.
•The baby was splashing happily in the bath.
•The children were splashing around in the river.
•The next day his exploits were splashed across the front page.
•They splashed through the puddles.
•splashing around in the sea
Idiom: make/cause a splash
Derived: ↑splash down ▪ ↑splash out ▪ ↑splash something out ▪ ↑splash something over something

noun
1. countable the sound of sth hitting liquid or of liquid hitting sth
•We heard the splash when she fell into the pool.
2. countable a small amount of liquid that falls onto sth; the mark that this makes
•splashes of water on the floor
•dark splashes of mud on her skirt
•Any splashes on the skin should be removed immediately.
3. countable a small area of bright colour or light that contrasts with the colours around it
•These flowers will give a splash of colour throughout the summer.
4. singular (BrE, informal)a small amount of liquid that you add to a drink
•coffee with just a splash of milk
•a scotch with a splash of soda
compare ↑dash
5. singular an article in a newspaper, etc. that is intended to attract a lot of attention
•Their engagement was the front-page splash in all the papers.
•a splash headline

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (as a verb): alteration of plash ‘a splashing sound’.

Example Bank:
•She jumped into the pool with a splash.
•Window boxes of tulips added a splash of colour to the street.
•a bold splash of red
•a splash of cold water in the face
•The were dark splashes of mud on her skirt.