spout

英 [spaʊt] 美 [spaʊt]
  • n. 喷口;水龙卷;水落管;水柱
  • vt. 喷出;喷射;滔滔不绝地讲;把…典当掉
  • vi. 喷出;喷射;滔滔不绝地讲
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1. 拟声词的同源语根:*pl-(噼里啪啦,噼里,啪啦), *spl-, *sp-.
2. => plash, splash, spit, spew, spout, spatter.
3. *p- => 拍(pai)、轻拍;=> 音变:*b- => 重拍、重击。
4. 专家外出看喷发。
5. spit => spout.
spout 喷出,喷射,喷水,喷水嘴

来自拟声词根辅音丛 sp-,吐,喷出,比较 spate,spew,spit,spout,sputter.引申诸相关词义。

spout
spout: see spit
spout (v.)
"to issue forcible, as a liquid," early 14c., related to Middle Dutch spoiten "to spout" (Dutch spuiten "to flow, spout"), North Frisian spütji "spout, squirt," Swedish sputa "to spout," from Proto-Germanic *sput-, from PIE *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit" (see spew (v.)). Meaning "to talk, declaim" is recorded from 1610s. Related: Spouted; spouting.
spout (n.)
late 14c., from spout (v.). Cognate with Middle Dutch spoit, North Frisian spütj. It was the slang term for the lift in a pawnbroker's shop, the device which took up articles for storage, hence figurative phrase up the spout "lost, hopeless, gone beyond recall" (1812).
1. He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames.
原来的锅炉开始往外喷火苗后他便换了个新的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. the spout of a teapot
茶壶嘴

来自《权威词典》

3. Rain from the roof goes down a long spout.
屋顶上的雨水从一条漏水的管子中流出来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. This information the bank sent me is totally up the spout.
银行发给我的信息完全不对.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. It looks like our holiday plans are up the spout.
看来我们的休假计划要泡汤了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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