2012年1月21日星期六

splatter, shiver

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Splattered
Policemen stand guard, covered in paint, outside a Top Shop store during a protest organized by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), calling 'The March for the Alternative,' in central London.

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By MANOHLA DARGIS

“The House of the Devil” is a horror movie that provides more shiver than splatter.



mojo, sputter, clamber

splattered
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.tr.
To spatter (something), especially to soil with splashes of liquid.

v.intr.
To spatter, especially to move or fall so as to cause splashes.

n.
A splash of liquid.

adj.
Characterized by gory violence: splatter films.

shiver[shiv・er1]

  • レベル:大学入試程度
  • 発音記号[ʃívər]

[動](自)
1 〈人が〉(寒さ・恐怖・興奮などで)身震いする, おののく. ⇒SHAKE[類語]
shiverwith cold [fright]
寒さ[恐怖]でぞくぞくする.
2 〈物が〉(風などで)揺れる.
━━(他)〈帆を〉(船を風上に向けて)ばたつかせる.
━━[名]
1 身震い, おののき
A shiver ran up his spine.
彼は背筋がぞくっとした.
2 ((the 〜s))寒け, 悪寒
give a person the shivers
((略式))人をぞっとさせる.
shiv・er・er
[名]
shiv・er・ing・ly
[副]わなわなと.

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