sputter
英 ['spʌtə]
美 ['spʌtɚ]
- vi. 发劈啪声；唾沫飞溅；结结巴巴地讲
- vt. 气急败坏地说；飞溅出；喷出
- n. 劈啪声；喷溅声；急切的言语
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.
- 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.
- 1. Our father's face had reddened with rage and he began to sputter.
- 我们的父亲气得涨红了脸，说话开始语无伦次。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. All I could hear was the sputter of the fire.
- 我只能听到火的毕剥声。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He began to sputter his reply.
- 他开始结结巴巴地回答。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Be aware that the infant will cough, sputter, and choke during feedings.
- 注意小儿在吃奶时会咳嗽, 喷溅或呛噎.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The engine gave a sputter and died.
- 引擎发出一阵劈啪声就熄火了.
来自辞典例句
