spout

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spout1 /spaʊt/ noun [countableC]

DTa small pipe on the side of a container that you pour liquid out through 〔容器的〕嘴，喷嘴

2. spout of water/blood etc POURa sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast 水柱/血柱等 → waterspout(1)

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spout of water/blood etc• They were racing here and there, and when wave tops collided, throwing up great spouts of water.

3 up the spout British EnglishBrE informalFAIL if something is up the spout, it is completely wrong or has failed completely 完全错误；彻底完蛋

The computer’s up the spout!

这台电脑彻底坏了！

My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout.

我的周末计划看来已经泡汤了。

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up the spout• She had been continually up the spout, or over the moon, about some one or something.• That's why these computerized route-finders are going up the spout and taking the Glories towards Monument Hill.

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spout• I checked the half-and-half in my little refrigerator, sniffing at the carton spout.• It begins churning ahead, blowing huge clouds of spray from its spout, and generating great foam in its wake.• They had even devised a smoke pot which emitted from the spout.• James poured, then held the spout of the jug over Cameron's glass.• Use royal icing to glue the paper well into the spout.• It was shaped like a coffee or teapot, with the spout at right handles to the handle.• the spout of a teapot

spout2 verb

a) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]POUR if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream 〔液体〕喷涌，涌出；〔火〕喷出 SYN spurt

spout from

Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm.

血从她手臂的伤口涌出。

b) [transitiveT]SEND to send out liquid or flames very quickly in a powerful stream 喷出，喷射〔液体或火焰〕

a volcano spouting lava

喷发着熔岩的火山

2 (also spout off) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalTALK TO somebody to talk a lot about something in a boring or annoying way 喋喋不休地说，滔滔不绝地说

My father was spouting his usual nonsense!

我父亲又在没完没了地讲他那些废话了！

I hate it when he spouts off like that!

我讨厌他像那样讲个没完！

spout about

I’m tired of listening to Jim spouting about politics.

我听腻了吉姆大谈政治。

3. [intransitiveI]HBA if a whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its head 〔鲸的〕喷水柱

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spout• Ishmael says they are whales because they spout and have horizontal tails.• Each ornamental fountain is designed to take a pump outlet so that water can spout from its mouth, shell or similar object.• For batty to start spouting it makes you wonder.• The car's radiator was spouting out steam.• I read message after message spouting racist doctrines, discriminatory diatribes and personal attacks.• Forbes can apparently spout the results of all presidential elections to the nearest decimal point.• The enormous rounded oily back spouting up dirt and stones.• When he was tired, he turned on his back, spouting water.

spout from• Oil continues to spout from the damaged well.

spout about• I got a letter from some idiot spouting off about the work ethic.

Origin spout2

(1300-1400) Middle Dutch spouten

spout1 nounspout2 verb

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