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1 sprinkling
nouna sprinkling of snow/sugar/dust — eine dünne Schneedecke / Zucker- / Staubschicht
there was only a sprinkling of holidaymakers on the beach — nur ein paar vereinzelte Urlauber waren am Strand
* * *noun (a small amount or a few: There were mostly women at the meeting but there was a sprinkling of men.) ein paar* * *sprin·kling[ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ]ntop each ice cream with a generous \sprinkling of fresh mint bestreuen Sie jedes Eis mit reichlich frischer Minzea \sprinkling of salt eine Prise Salz▪ a \sprinkling of... ein paar...a \sprinkling of grey hairs/men ein paar graue Haare/Männera \sprinkling of knowledge eine leise Ahnung* * *['sprIŋklɪŋ]n(of rain, dew etc) ein paar Tropfen; (of sugar etc) Prise f; (fig, of humour, comedy etc) Anflug m; (of common sense) Spur fthere was a sprinkling of young people — es waren ein paar vereinzelte junge Leute da
to give sth a sprinkling (with water) — etw besprengen or besprenkeln
* * *1. → academic.ru/69901/sprinkle">sprinkle C 1, C 2, C 3* * *nouna sprinkling of snow/sugar/dust — eine dünne Schneedecke / Zucker- / Staubschicht
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2 sprinkling
sprin·kling [ʼsprɪŋklɪŋ] ntop each ice cream with a generous \sprinkling of fresh mint bestreuen Sie jedes Eis mit reichlich frischer Minze;a \sprinkling of salt eine Prise Salza \sprinkling of... ein paar...;a \sprinkling of grey hairs/ men ein paar graue Haare/Männer;a \sprinkling of knowledge eine leise Ahnung
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