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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- speck [spεk]
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1.
n
a very small mark or spot
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2.
n
a small or tiny piece of something
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to mark with specks or spots
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4.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English specca; related to Middle Dutch spekelen to sprinkle
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1.
n
a very small mark or spot
Examples
- a tiny speck of dust
- 一小粒灰尘 → speck
- a solitary speck in the sky → solitary
- 这菜里连个肉星儿都没有。
- There is not a speck of meat in this dish. → 肉星儿
- 天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。
- The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud. → 星星
- 她每天擦机器，不让渍一点油泥。
- She polishes the machine every day so that there's not a speck of dirt on it. → 渍
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