| 单词 | spit |
| 释义 | spit (spɪt ) Word forms: spits , spitting , spat language note: In American English, the form spit is used as the past tense and past participle. 1. uncountable noun Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been forced out of someone's mouth. 2. verb If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt. The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit. [VERB] They spat at me and taunted me. [VERB preposition] She spit into the little tray of mascara and brushed it on her lashes. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: expectorate, gob [British, informal], sputter, flob [British, informal] 3. verb If you spit liquid or food somewhere, you force a small amount of it out of your mouth. Spit out that gum and pay attention. [V n with out] He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes. [VERB noun preposition] I started spitting blood and my mother panicked. [VERB noun] 4. verb If something such as a machine or food that is cooking spits, it sends out small amounts of something, making a series of short, sharp noises. The engine spat and banged. [VERB] ...the fire where kebabs were sizzling and spitting. [VERB] Synonyms: sizzle, hiss, crackle, sputter 5. verb If someone spits an insult or comment, they say it in an angry or hostile way. [written] 'Wait a minute,' Mindy spat. 'You can't stay overnight.'. [VERB with quote] Cramer spat an obscenity. [VERB noun] Spit out means the same as spit. He spat out 'I don't like the way he looks at me.'. [VERB PARTICLE with quote] She spat the name out like an insult. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He appeared to be angry, spitting out disconnected words. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 6. verb [usually cont] If it is spitting, it is raining very lightly. [British] It will stop in a minute–it's only spitting. [VERB] Synonyms: rain lightly, drizzle, spot 7. countable noun A spit is a long rod which is pushed through a piece of meat and hung over an open fire to cook the meat. She roasted the meat on a spit. Synonyms: rotisserie, skewer, brochette 8. countable noun A spit of land is a long, flat, narrow piece of land that sticks out into the sea. 9. within spitting distance phrase If one place is within spitting distance of another, they are very close to each other. [informal] ...a restaurant within spitting distance of the Tower of London. [+ of] Synonyms: close, near, beside, alongside 10. spitting image phrase If you say that one person is the spitting image of another, you mean that they look very similar. [informal] Nina looks the spitting image of her mother. Synonyms: replica, copy, reproduction, counterpart Phrasal verbs: spit out spit [sense 5] Idioms: spit in someone's eye to deliberately upset or annoy someone The minister for Trade and Industry spat in the eye of small businesses yesterday when he said: `I won't support the weak at the expense of the strong.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers spit out the dummy [mainly Australian] to behave in a bad-tempered and childish way He spat out the dummy when his wife said that she wanted to go on holiday without him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers spit and polish used to talk about a place that is very clean or that is being made very clean The bar, which had been open for two months now, was all spit and polish. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers spit and sawdust [British] said to mean that somewhere, such as a pub or a bar, looks dirty, untidy, and not very respectable There's Hogan's Bar in the High Street if it's spit and sawdust you're after. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers spit in the wind to waste your time by trying to do something which has little or no chance of success But the idea that you can talk about a single currency today is to spit in the wind of economic reality. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: spit venom It will bite prey but when threatened it can rear up and spit venom, with great accuracy, into the eyes of aggressors. Times, Sunday Times Do they spit venom or emit noxious smells? Times, Sunday Times They can spit venom at enemies from a distance, which causes temporary blindness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its neck frill and its ability to spit venom are fictitious. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spitting cobras and rinkhalses can spit venom in a person's eyes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the time we reached the park service office, the clouds were spitting rain. Smithsonian It’s a cold, gray evening, with low ceilings and spitting rain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It appears it will be spitting rain, grey skies and shorter days from here on. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 唾液, 吐痰 Japanese: つば 唾液, つばを吐く |
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