American English uses the form spilled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spilled or spilt. 美国英语中过去式和过去分词为 spilled。英国英语中则既可用 spilled,也可用 spilt。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)溢出;(使)泼出;(使)洒出 If a liquid
spills or if you
spill it, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container.
[V adv/prep]
[V n]
[V n adv/prep]
[Also V]
70,000 tonnes of oil spilled from the tanker...
7 万吨油从油轮中溢了出来。
...water behind a dam, getting ready to spill over...
大坝里的水随时都会溢出来
He always spilled the drinks...
他总是将饮料洒出来。
Don't spill water on your suit.
不要把水洒到你的衣服上。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]溢出量;溢出物 A
spill is an amount of liquid that has spilled from a container.
She wiped a spill of milkshake off the counter...
她把洒出来的奶昔从柜台上擦掉。
An oil spill could be devastating for wildlife.
溢出的油对野生动物来说可能是毁灭性的。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(袋子、盒子等中盛放的东西)洒出,涌出 If the contents of a bag, box, or other container
spill or
are spilled, they come out of the container onto a surface.
A number of bags had split and were spilling their contents...
有几只袋子裂开了,里面的东西撒了出来。
He carefully balanced the satchel so that its contents would not spill out onto the floor.
他仔细地把小背包放好,不让里面的东西掉到地板上。
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[VERB 动词]蜂拥而出 If people or things
spill out of a place, they come out of it in large numbers.
Tears began to spill out of the boy's eyes...
男孩的眼泪开始夺眶而出。
When the bell rings, more than 1,000 children spill from classrooms.
当铃声响起时,1,000 多名孩子从教室里涌了出来。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(光线)透进,洒落 If light
spills or
is spilled into a place, it shines brightly into it, usually through a gap.
[V adv/prep]
[V n adv/prep]
She noticed the light spilling under Brian's door...
她注意到布莱恩门底下透出的光。
The door swung open again, spilling light into the cell.
门再次打开了,光照亮了小屋。
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[PHRASE 短语]杀死;弄伤 If you
spill someone's
blood, you kill them or wound them.
[V inflects]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
He is prepared to spill the blood of a million people...
他准备杀掉100万人。
If blood is spilled the countries will be at war.
如果出现伤亡,这些国家就会进入交战状态。
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to
spill the beans→see: bean
; thrills and spills
→see: thrill
;