单词
spout
英 [spa?t]
美[spa?t]
基本信息
- 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
CET6+TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?spouts;第三人称单数:?spouts;过去式:?spouted;过去分词:?spouted;现在分词:?spouting;
助记提示
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.
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.
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 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》
spout相关单词