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单词 sputtering
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sputteringn.

Etymology: formed as sputterer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsputtering.
1.
a. The action of the verb in various senses; an instance of this.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun] > action of spitting
spattlingc1000
spitting13..
spoutingc1390
avoidancea1398
spetinga1400
spet1446
spettingc1450
excreationa1556
spawling1608
exspuition1650
exsputation1657
sputation1657
sputtering1699
spit1700
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > sputtering sound
puttering1824
sputter1837
sputtering1837
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > explosive emission of particles
spitting1611
sputter1837
sputtering1837
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > hurried or confused speech
bolting1702
rabble1868
sputtering1884
scuffle1899
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Crachotement Sputtering, Spitting often.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iv. 166 A continual crackling and sputtering of riots from the whole face of France.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) iii. 20 Such a smoking and sputtering of wood newly lighted in a damp chimney.
1884 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 326 Feeble little sputterings of mutual admiration or inane twaddle.
b. plural. Small particles sputtered out or emitted with some force and noise.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount
speckc725
littleOE
somethingc1200
lutewihtc1230
little whatc1384
ouncec1387
lap1393
smalla1400
modicumc1400
nekedc1400
spota1413
tinec1420
nieveful?a1425
handfulc1443
mouthful?c1450
smatchc1456
weec1480
quern1503
halfpennyworth1533
groatsworth1562
dram1566
shellful1578
trickle1580
snatch1592
sprinkling1594
fleck1598
snip1598
pittance1600
lick1603
fingerful1604
modicum1606
thimbleful1607
flash1614
dasha1616
pipa1616
pickle1629
drachm1635
cue1654
smack1693
starn1720
bit1753
kenning1787
minikin1787
tate1805
starnie1808
sprat1815
harl1821
skerrick1825
smallums1828
huckleberry1832
scrimp1840
thimble1841
smite1843
nattering1859
sensation1859
spurt1859
pauchlea1870
mention1891
sketch1894
sputterings1894
scrappet1901
titch1937
tad1940
skosh1959
smattering1973
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > sudden or violent > of particles > that which
sputter1748
sputterings1894
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > explosive emission of particles > particles emitted
sputterings1894
1894 H. Caine Manxman iv. xiv Then Nancy began to fly about the kitchen like sputterings out of the frying-pan.
2. The removal of atoms from a substance subject to bombardment, esp. from a metallic cathode bombarded by positive ions, and usually with subsequent deposition on an adjacent surface.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [noun] > subjection to stream of particles > removal by bombardment
sputtering1902
1902 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 4 653 The metallic films..were obtained by sputtering from a cathode in vacuo on glass strips.
1930 Rev. Mod. Physics 2 186Sputtering’, or disintegration of an electrode subjected to positive ion bombardment is a well known and often troublesome phenomenon.
1948 L. D. Smullin in L. D. Smullin & C. G. Montgomery Microwave Duplexers v. 210 Sputtering is a process in which the cathode is heated by positive-ion bombardment to the point where particles are boiled out of the cathode and finally condense on the anode or on the tube walls.
1952 Trans. Faraday Soc. 48 747 As a general procedure for cleaning surfaces, the inert gas ion-bombardment has some advantages: its main disadvantage is that there is sputtering of the metal on to the walls of the vessel.
1976 Sci. Amer. May 115/3 By the process known as sputtering, the impact of electrons and protons on the surface could chip away atoms and release them into the atmosphere, from which they would quickly escape.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

sputteringadj.

Etymology: formed as sputtering n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsputtering.
1. Emitting or ejecting saliva or spittle. Also in combination venom-sputtering.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > spitting
sputtering1598
spawling1603
sputativea1639
spitting1688
spitty1742
expectorative1863
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H6v Avaunt lewd curre, presume not speake, Or with thy venome-sputtering chapps to barke Gainst well-pend Poems.
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I3v Thy sputtering chappes yelpe, that Arrogance, and Impudence, and Ignoraunce, are the essentiall parts of a Courtier.
2.
a. Characterized by, burning with, making or giving out, a succession of explosive sounds accompanied by the emission of small particles, sparks, or bursts of flame.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > sputtering sound
sputteringa1657
frizzling1852
thuttering1896
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting particles explosively
sputteringa1657
spitting1901
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > sparking
sparkling?c1225
sparkinga1300
sputteringa1657
flaky1776
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxx, in Poems (1878) IV. 131 The Despaireing flame Resigns its Sputtering light, ere the Time came.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 601 The Laurels crackle in the sputt'ring Fire.
1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 251 Others dip the sputtering Metals in the Trough.
1794 J. G. Schmeisser Syst. Mineral. I. 219 The so called sprudel stone or sputtering stone, from Carlsbad.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 327 The wheels of Langres scream, amid their sputtering fire-halo.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 546 A sputtering tallow candle.
1880 J. Grant Hist. India vi. 33/2 A sputtering fire of musketry was kept up for two hours.
b. Of sound, etc.
ΚΠ
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sotter,..the sputtering or noise made by any bubbling substance, that is resinous, or in a semi-liquid state, when boiling.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 189 My lamp..carried on a sputtering combustion.
1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 113 His writings resemble those fireworks which..suddenly break out again into sputtering explosions.
3. Of speech, etc., or of persons with reference to this: (see sputter v. 4).
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > hasty or confused
blabberingc1410
babbling1556
sputtering1691
1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xxxiii. 33 Sir W——m W——ms first the Cause espous'd, And all his sputtering Eloquence he rous'd.
1756 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 411 To make out sputtering Hampden's observation.
1811 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Mar. 188 Then..his shrill and sputt'ring speeches.
1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1041 (note) It would have afforded the angry chorus a very appropriate quotation against their parsimonious and sputtering provider.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 154 His voice..got sputtering and screechy when he became excited.

Derivatives

ˈsputteringly adv. in a sputtering manner; with a sputter or sputters.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adverb] > spitting
sputteringly1825
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adverb] > emitting particles explosively
sputteringly1825
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adverb] > sputtering sound
sputteringly1825
1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 513 When he crammed a portion of it into her mouth, she was obliged sputteringly to reject it.
1861 Temple Bar 3 359 ‘But—but’—I exclaimed sputteringly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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