释义 |
bespout, v.|bɪˈspaʊt| [f. be- + spout v.] trans. To besprinkle by spouting. fig. a. To utter or recite with pompous elocution. b. To recite to, to plague with oratory.
1575Turberv. Falconrie 84 Take wine and water and therewith bespout hir well with your mouth. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 591 It has been bespouted, bequoted, and beparodied. 1857Carlyle Misc. IV. 138 Woe for the age, woe for the man, quack-ridden, bespeeched, bespouted. |