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Verb 例:The Sputtered Sputters 英[ˈspʌtə(R 美[ˈspʌtɚ N.喷溅声;劈啪声;急语;咕哝;V.唾沫飞溅;发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出 发动机)发出噼啪声;(火焰)发出毕剥声

单词 sputter
音标
英[ˈspʌtə(r)] 美[ˈspʌtɚ]
解释
n.喷溅声;劈啪声;急语;咕哝;v.唾沫飞溅;发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出;
例句

VERB
(发动机)发出噼啪声;(火焰)发出毕剥声
If something such as an engine or a flame sputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds.
例:The truck sputtered and stopped...卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。
例:Engines sputtered to life again...发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。

VERB
(过程、行动或事态)缓慢不稳地进行,慢慢结束
If a process, action, or state of affairs sputters, it progresses slowly and unevenly or starts to end.
例:The economy is already sputtering, with low or no growth...经济发展速度已经放慢,增长率很低,或者根本没有增长。
例:The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October...战斗于 10 月中旬渐渐停了下来。

VERB
(尤指因生气、震惊或激动)结结巴巴地说话,语无伦次地说话
If you sputter, you speak with difficulty and make short sounds, especially because you are angry, shocked, or excited.
例:Stunned, I sputtered, 'What do you mean?'...我大吃一惊,结结巴巴地问道:“你是什么意思?”
例: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。
变形
third:sputters~done:sputtered~pl:sputters~ing:sputtering~past:sputtered~

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