spit

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spit1 /spɪt/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp spat /spæt/ or spit American EnglishAmE, present participle spitting)

1 liquid from your mouth 口水 [intransitiveI]HBH to force a small amount of saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) out of your mouth 吐口水，吐唾沫

Nick rolled down his window and spat.

尼克摇下窗子，啐了口唾沫。

spit at/on/into

A group of fans spat on the players as they left the field.

一群球迷在球员离开球场时朝他们吐口水。

2 food/drink etc 食物/饮料等 [transitiveT]HBH to force something out of your mouth 吐，唾

Billy stood up slowly, rubbed his jaw, and spat blood.

比利慢慢站起来，揉揉下巴，吐了口血。

spit something out

Diana tasted her martini and quickly spat it out.

黛安娜尝了一口马丁尼酒，马上就吐了出来。

3 RAIN 雨be spitting British EnglishBrEHEM to be raining very lightly 下小雨 SYN drizzle

You don’t need an umbrella – it’s only spitting.

你不用带雨伞，只飘着一点小雨。

Examples from the Corpus

be spitting• He was spitting and hissing, while he jerked like a monster fish in her arms.• If Mr Ramirez de la O is right, then foreign gluttons will soon be spitting back their government paper.• The Texan is spitting bile at the president.• Her own eyes were a muddy green, and just now they were spitting fire, like a little cat.• Macier was spitting his front teeth into the palm of his hand.• Jody is not so much yelling as she is spitting out the words.• By the following Tuesday, Geraldine Hogan, whose family lived a few hundred yards from the lake, was spitting up blood.

4 say STH 说话 (also spit out) [transitiveT]SAY to say something quickly in a very angry way 怒斥，怒叱

‘Shut up!’, spat Maria furiously.

“闭嘴。”玛丽亚怒叱道。

5 spit it out spokenTELL A SECRET used to ask someone to tell you something that they seem too frightened or embarrassed to say 爽快地说出来〔用于叫人说其不敢或不愿说的话〕

Come on, Jean. Spit it out!

来吧，琼，一吐为快！

Examples from the Corpus

spit it out• Come on Jean, spit it out!• I started regular water changes, and one fish now eats a little, but the other one spits it out.• It tastes horrible and I spit it out.• She rolled the liquefying spinach into her cheek she could not spit it out.• Then I taste a small specimen, closely observing its flavor, smell, texture, and bite before spitting it out.• I spit it out and flick it from my eyes.• You always had to spit it out and shove it down the back of some chair.• They just chewed it up and spit it out, foaming rubber at the mouth.• Once you have swirled the wine around your tastebuds, spit it out into a lined bucket.

6 small pieces 小片 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SEND to send out small bits of something, for example fire or hot oil, into the air 迸溅〔火花、热油等〕

A log fire was crackling and spitting in the hearth.

圆木在壁炉里烧得噼啪作响，火星四溅。

7. cat 猫 [intransitiveI]HBA if a cat spits, it makes short angry sounds 〔猫在愤怒时〕发出咕噜咕噜声

8. be within spitting distance (of something) spokenNEAR to be very close to someone or something （离某人或某物）很近

9. spit the dummy informal to react to something in a very angry way – used when suggesting that the person is behaving like a child and not reacting like an adult should 耍脾气，发脾气〔用于指某人生气时的行为像小孩子，而不像成人应该做的那样〕

10 spit up phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE if someone, especially a baby, spits up, they bring a small amount of food or drink up from their stomach out through their mouth 〔尤指婴儿〕呕吐

spit something ↔ up

I was a difficult child, always crying and spitting up my food.

我小时候很难哄，老是哭闹、呕吐。

On one occasion, our daughter spat up all over him.

有一次，我们的女儿吐了他一身。

Examples from the Corpus

spit• He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.• He spit a bone on to the floor and sent Goh to get another Tiger beer.• He spat a mouthful back into the cup.• The volcano began rumbling and spitting ash on July 3.• He and Meg are now spitting bile at one another through the Press.• I spat in my hand and gave Claude long, slipping strokes.• He was so offended by my cover that he spat on me.• He spat out enamel and blood.• "You're worthless!" Greg spat out.

spit at/on/into• He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.• Somebody spit at me.• Eli, stop spitting on the floor.• One of his gang'd spat on the floor.• She spat into the grass outside the privy.• If he had suggested this six months earlier, I would have spit at the ground.• She spit into the sink, then threw down her toothbrush.• A pedestrian spits on the window of a driver he thinks cut him off.• Bill was leaning on his cab, spitting at the wing mirror and half-heartedly polishing it with his sleeve.• Any moment now and she will spit on us, on life.

spit something out• I tried a bite, but it was so bad, I spit it out.

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