| 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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