sputter
英 ['sp?t?]
美['sp?t?]
- vi. 發(fā)劈啪聲；唾沫飛濺；結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地講
- vt. 氣急敗壞地說；飛濺出；噴出
- n. 劈啪聲；噴濺聲；急切的言語
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?sputters;過去式:?sputtered;過去分詞:?sputtered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sputtering;
助記提示
1. spout, spit => sputter.
2. spout => *sput- + -er => sputter.
3. spout + -er => sputter.
4. spout, spit => sput- "spit, saliva".
5. splutter is a variant of sputter, intensified by the consonant cluster of splash, splatter, etc.
英文詞源
- sputter
- sputter: see spit
- sputter (v.)
- 1590s, "to spit with explosive sounds," cognate with Dutch sputteren, West Frisian sputterje, from Proto-Germanic *sput- (see spout (v.)). Related: Sputtered; sputtering. The noun is attested from 1670s.
雙語例句
- 1. Our father's face had reddened with rage and he began to sputter.
- 我們的父親氣得漲紅了臉，說話開始語無倫次。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. All I could hear was the sputter of the fire.
- 我只能聽到火的畢剝聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He began to sputter his reply.
- 他開始結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地回答。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Be aware that the infant will cough, sputter, and choke during feedings.
- 注意小兒在吃奶時會咳嗽, 噴濺或嗆噎.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The engine gave a sputter and died.
- 引擎發(fā)出一陣劈啪聲就熄火了.
來自辭典例句