smattering

smattering
(亦作smatter)
noun
  1. a slight superficial knowledge of a language or subject
    (对某种语言或学科的)肤浅知识,略知,浅知
    Edward had only a smattering of Welsh.
    爱德华对威尔士语只略知一二。
    ■a small amount of something
    少数,些许
    a smattering of snow.
    零星小雪。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from smatter 'talk ignorantly, prate' (surviving in Scots), of unknown origin
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