/'splɪntə(r); `splɪntɚ/
n small thin sharp piece of wood, metal, glass, etc broken off a larger piece （木头、金属、玻璃等的）带尖儿的小碎片
*I've got a splinter in my finger. 我手指扎了根刺.

v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ (sth) (into/to sth); ~ (sth) off (cause sth to) break into splinters （使某物）裂成碎片
*This wood splinters easily. 这种木头容易裂成片.
* The windscreen cracked but didnot splinter. 挡风玻璃裂了, 但没碎.
* The waves smashed the boat against the rocks, splintering it to pieces. 浪头把船冲向岩石, 撞成碎片.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (off) (into sth) (fig 比喻) separate off from a larger group; form a splinter group （从较大的团体中）分裂出来, 组成小派别.