单词 | spout |
释义 | spout (spout) v. spout·ed, spout·ing, spouts v.intr. 1. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts: Water spouted from the faucet. 2. To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts: whales spouting offshore. 3. To speak in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner: spouted on about how well-made the building was. v.tr. 1. To discharge (a flowing or spurting liquid); release: The statue's mouth spouted water. 2. To utter in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner: spouted statistics to prove his point. 3. Chiefly British To pawn. n. Idiom: 1. A tube, lip, or hole through which liquid is released or discharged: the spout of a teapot. 2. A continuous stream of liquid. 3. The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale. 4. Chiefly British A pawnshop. up the spout Chiefly British Slang 1. Pawned. 2. In difficulty. 3. Pregnant. [Middle English spouten, ultimately of imitative origin.] spouter n. |
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