Sputter
['spʌtə] or ['spʌtɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage).
(verb.) cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; 'The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust'.
(verb.) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.
(verb.) make an explosive sound; 'sputtering engines'.
整理:内莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
(v. i.) To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
(v. i.) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
(v. t.) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
(n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
汉弗莱手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Spit, spawl.[2]. Splutter, stammer.
手打:马吉
解釋/意思:
v.i. to spit in small drops as in rapid speaking: to throw out moisture in scattered drops: to speak rapidly and indistinctly to jabber.—v.t. to throw out with haste and noise: to utter hastily and indistinctly.—n. moist matter thrown out in particles.—n. Sputt′erer one who sputters.
迪尔德丽手打
例句/造句/用法:
- I am not going to guess, at five o'clock in the morning, with my brains frying and sputtering in my head. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Consequently, that new light had gone sputtering out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- As the light went off, he found his motorcycle in the dark by the door, pushed it until it sputtered and caught, then roared off up the road. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
編輯:鲁弗斯