plash
英 [plæʃ]
美 [plæʃ]
- n. 积水坑；溅水声
- vt. 溅泼；弄得沙沙响
- vi. 溅泼，溅水；沙沙地响
1、imitative origin.
2、plect- / plex- "weave, braid" => plash.
- plash (v.1)
- "to splash," 1580s, from plash (n.) and also imitative (compare Dutch plassen, German platschen). Related: Plashed; plashing.
- plash (n.)
- "small puddle, shallow pool, wet ground," Old English plæsc "pool of water, puddle," probably imitative (compare Dutch plass "pool"). Meaning "noise made by splashing" is first recorded 1510s.
- plash (v.2)
- "to interlace," late 15c., from Old French plaissier, from Latin plectere "to plait" (see complex (adj.)). Related: Plashed; plashing.
