单词 | spluttering |
释义 | splutteringn. The action of the verb in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > splutter splutter1815 glutter1826 spluttering1840 squittering1902 society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [noun] > fact of scattering ink over paper spluttering1856 1739 J. Miller's Jests No. 167 But all his spluttering was in vain. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vi He emptied, with much spluttering and grimaces,..the beer into the fire. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 299 What galloping and spluttering over the paper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2019). splutteringadj. That splutters or sputters. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > spluttering spluttering1846 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [adjective] > splashing or dashing flashy1582 swashing1620 plashing1813 splashing1837 spluttering1846 slushing1863 sousing1891 sloshing1924 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 28 The End of War Ships, is Fighting; but this spluttering Manager seems to believe them built..purely for Sailing. 1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses i. 13 By the hissing and spluttering rain. 1852 J. L. Motley Let. 18 May in Corr. (1889) I. v. 141 The noisy spluttering politics which constitute our vital elements. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. viii. 164 Dopsy exploded in a little spluttering laugh behind her napkin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1739adj.1707 |
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