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spill1 /spɪl/ ●●●S3 verb (past tensepst and past participleppspilt /spɪlt/ especially British EnglishBrE or spilled especially American EnglishAmE)
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]POUR if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container (使)〔液体〕溢出[泼洒,溅出] → pour
Katie almost spilled her milk.
凯蒂差点把牛奶洒出来。
spill something down/on/over something
Oh no! I’ve spilt coffee all down my shirt!
糟糕,我把咖啡洒得满衬衫都是!
spill on/over etc
He slipped and the wine spilled all over the carpet.
他脚下一滑,酒洒了一地毯。
2[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO if people or things spill out of somewhere, they move or fall out in large numbers 〔人群或物品〕涌出SYN pour
spill out/into/onto etc
Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street.
人群从戏院里出来,涌到街上。
3.spill the beansinformalTELL A SECRET to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret 泄露秘密,走漏风声
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spill the beans• "Does Phillip know about our plan?" "Yes, someone must have spilled the beans."• You know, spill the beans.• The classmanaged to keep the party a secret until Lorraine, unable to control herself any longer, spilled the beans.• Come off it, Rosie, spill the beans.• Come on, spill the beans.• He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis hadn't, after all, spilled the beans.• Someone spilled the beans about Rick's surprise party.• Ludicrously, advanceaccounts of this novel are cheerfully spilling the beans about the rest of the plot.• They spill the beans, exposing the practice for what it is.• He had not been on the verge of spilling the beans - people just die, that's all.
4.spill your gutsAmerican EnglishAmE informalADMIT to tell someone all about your private life, or about a personalsecret 把私生活[个人秘密]全部告诉某人
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spill your guts• Roblet Al talk until he finally spilled his guts about his affair with Louise.• Albert let Rob run on till he spilled his guts, but Loulse probed.
5.spill bloodliteraryKILL to kill or wound people 杀人;伤人
6spill into/onto somethingphrasal verbphr v literaryif light spills onto or into something, it shines through a window, door, hole etc onto something else 〔光线从窗、门、洞等处〕洒进,照进
7spill overphrasal verbphr vSPREADif a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people etc 〔问题或坏情况〕蔓延,扩散
into
The conflict might spill over into neighbouring towns.
这场冲突可能会波及邻近城镇。
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spill over• Government chiefs are worried that the refugee problem might spill over from neighboring countries.• It is easy to allow personalemotions to spill over into your work.
spill• A tanker has run aground, spilling 60,000 gallons of oil into the sea.• Aaron spilled all the popcorn on the floor.• People spill back across the emptyspace of moonlight, and the dancers' faces merge with the crowd.• Q.. The oil man spilledheating oil on light-gray semitransparent stainedclapboards.• I had to handle it carefully to keep from spilling it on myself.• Careful - you'll spill it!• I almost spilled my coffee.• Oops, I just spilled my water.• Such conflictsspilled over into the immediate postwar phase.• There are also times when we allow conflicts away from work to spill over into the workplace and harm our careers.• Someone had spilledredwine all over the carpet.• "How was the party?" "OK, but some idiotspilled wine all over my new dress."
spill on/over etc• And the emotionsurrounding this year's event spilled over.• Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over.• He also said a 2,000-gallon oil spill on Harbor Island in Seattle had been contained on land.• But referee Ed Morrison's leniency led to bad bloodspilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge.• Guilt Guilt is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour.• The Turtle moves through the 11-foot mark in town and spills over its banks.• In another moment, blood is being spilled on the corporate carpets as a ticketmanager named Andrew Follon is fired.• Moments later, they swung open, spilling over with an abundance to feed all who were hungry.
spill out/into/onto etc• Then he gently shook the urn, so that the contents would spill out.• Today, many stores have facades that look like touristshops anyway, the goods spilling on to the sidewalks.• The sense of violence and anger, together with passionate interest, spilled out all over the place.• The facts, which spilled out in no particular order, revealed the flip side of the fairytale.• When we spilled out into the street a few minutes later, it was in a kind of glow.• The questions spilled out of her.• By Friday morning, trash is spilling out of the cans and on to the ground.• In summer the family spills out on to an adjoining sun-trap patio.
spill2 noun
1[countableC, uncountableU]POUR when you spill something, or an amount of something that is spilled 洒出(量),溢出(量)
the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands
设得兰群岛南端附近海域大量的溢油
2[countableC]FALL a fall from a horse, bicycle etc 〔从马、自行车等上的〕摔落
Tyson broke a rib when he took a spill on his motorcycle.