spout
英 [spa?t]
美 [spa?t]
- n. 噴口；水龍卷；水落管；水柱
- vt. 噴出；噴射；滔滔不絕地講；把…典當(dāng)?shù)?/li>
- vi. 噴出；噴射；滔滔不絕地講
助記提示
1. 擬聲詞的同源語根：*pl-(噼里啪啦,噼里,啪啦), *spl-, *sp-.
2. => plash, splash, spit, spew, spout, spatter.
3. *p- => 拍(pai)、輕拍；=> 音變：*b- => 重拍、重?fù)簟?br />
4. 專家外出看噴發(fā)。
5. spit => spout.
中文詞源
spout 噴出，噴射，噴水，噴水嘴來自擬聲詞根輔音叢 sp-,吐，噴出，比較 spate,spew,spit,spout,sputter.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames.
- 原來的鍋爐開始往外噴火苗后他便換了個(gè)新的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the spout of a teapot
- 茶壺嘴
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Rain from the roof goes down a long spout.
- 屋頂上的雨水從一條漏水的管子中流出來.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. This information the bank sent me is totally up the spout.
- 銀行發(fā)給我的信息完全不對(duì).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. It looks like our holiday plans are up the spout.
- 看來我們的休假計(jì)劃要泡湯了.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》