| 释义 |
splutteringly, adv.|ˈsplʌtərɪŋlɪ|
[f. spluttering ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a spluttering manner.
1941Penguin New Writing X. 21 The rifles volleyed splutteringly three times and the funeral was over. 1969Listener 16 Jan. 85/3 This is often a splutteringly funny book, but the humour seems to me to spring from an underlying sadness and spiritual discomfort. 1978P. Mason Shaft of Sunlight iii. 47 He..made me try—splutteringly—to explain why the whole of the Rhondda valley could not be sentenced to transportation for life without having even poached a hare. |