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Spout V 14c Middle Dutch North Frisian Spaut

单词 spout
音标 [spaut]
解释 v. 喷出;滔滔不绝地讲
红宝书 【英】 v.喷出(to eject in a stream);滔滔不绝地讲(to speak readily)
【记】 和spouse(配偶)一起 记
【例】 The elephant spouted water from its trunk.
字源 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).
不择手段背单词 v. 喷出(液体、吐沫等); 滔滔不绝地讲
【记】sp = spill(v 溢出), out-喷出
趣味全助记 【记】spray 喷雾, 喷射, 喷溅 + out;s 音:水 + p 音:喷,爆 + out 喷出→喷出,爆发出
【相关】spurt (液体等的)喷射, 喷出,squirt 喷出,sprout 萌芽

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