spray

n.
1.shoot,twig 幼芽，嫩枝。
△3H.VI.2.6.49: “But sethis murdering knife unto the root / From whence thattender spray did sweetly sprin g，”而且把他那凶狠的刀杀向萌发那条嫩枝的老根。
2. twig,branch,i. e. dependant 嫩枝，树枝，（比喻）依附者。
△2H.VI.2.3.45: “Thus droops this lofty pine,and hangs his sprays；”这棵高大的松树就这样倒了，它那些枝条也低垂下来。
3. offshoot; illegitimate offshoot,bastard 萌蘖枝条，（比喻）旁系子孙；非法旁系子孙，私生子。
△H.V.3.5.5: “shalla few sprays of us，”(The Dauphin means that theEnglish are merely illegitimate descendants of theFrenchmen who seized England at the Norman Conquest.)我们的一些旁支野种。

spray[sprei]

n.水雾，喷雾器，枝状饰v .喷射
‖ spray painting喷彩