英语词汇“to spout off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. intransitive. To speak in a lengthy or declamatory way, or without thought or reflection; to speechify; to prattle. Later also in to spout off. In early use also: to dispute; cf. spute v. N.E.D. (1914) says of quot. 1556 that 'spout is used by uneducated people in place of spute or dispute.'With punning reference to urination in quot. 1734.

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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > harangue or declaim

spout1556

harangue1660

declaim1735

bloviate1845

to bust (a person's) balls1946

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle

blether1524

spout1556

ramble1616

extravage1759

maunder1834

mumble-jumble1834

moider1839

gander1858

mither1860

burble1891

flap-doodle1893

waffle1900

bumble1911

wibble1994

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxix. sig. Iiv I forbad here: all spouting in souostrie.

1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles ii. iii. 24 It set um all on such a froth with spouting one against the tother, that some of the slauer lighted on my face.

1734 Rap at Rapsody 4 Spout then, my Muse! and spouting boast, The doughty Dean's thy Pissing-Post.

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 36 A paltry, scribbling fool—to leave me out—He'll say perhaps—he thought I could not spout.

1787 F. Burney Diary 15 Aug. (1842) III. 427 He began to spout, and act, and rattle away, with all his might.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xv. 41 What are you at now?..spouting to yourself, like a mad stroller.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. iv. 229 The far-sounding Street-orators cease, or spout milder.

1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 25 A practical man, spouting in the House about our national obligations to liberty.

1898 Pike County (Petersburg, Indiana) Democrat 14 Oct. The Press..has spouted off a great deal on several occasions, but lately has been extremely quiet.

1909 Railroad Telegrapher Aug. 1296/1 He would spout upon the corner and he'd spout within the hall, And he spouted in the barroom till he made the ceiling fall.

1926 Evening Huronite (S. Dakota) 21 Oct. 6/1 There were only two kinds up there in the stands... Those who had spouted off about how the team was sure to lose, and those who had spouted off about how the team was sure to win.

1974 Presidential Campaign Activities 1972: Hearings before U.S. Senate Select Com. 93rd Congr., 2nd Session XVI. 7148 I spouted off more to Don Paarlberg than anybody else in the Department because Don was, and is, a great distinguished economist.

2009 A. Baime Go Like Hell 242 The excitement mounted during the final laps... The announcer spouted wildly.

单词	to spout off
释义	> as lemmas to spout off b. intransitive. To speak in a lengthy or declamatory way, or without thought or reflection; to speechify; to prattle. Later also in to spout off. In early use also: to dispute; cf. spute v. N.E.D. (1914) says of quot. 1556 that 'spout is used by uneducated people in place of spute or dispute.'With punning reference to urination in quot. 1734. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > harangue or declaim spout1556 harangue1660 declaim1735 bloviate1845 to bust (a person's) balls1946 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle blether1524 spout1556 ramble1616 extravage1759 maunder1834 mumble-jumble1834 moider1839 gander1858 mither1860 burble1891 flap-doodle1893 waffle1900 bumble1911 wibble1994 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxix. sig. Iiv I forbad here: all spouting in souostrie. 1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles ii. iii. 24 It set um all on such a froth with spouting one against the tother, that some of the slauer lighted on my face. 1734 Rap at Rapsody 4 Spout then, my Muse! and spouting boast, The doughty Dean's thy Pissing-Post. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 36 A paltry, scribbling fool—to leave me out—He'll say perhaps—he thought I could not spout. 1787 F. Burney Diary 15 Aug. (1842) III. 427 He began to spout, and act, and rattle away, with all his might. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xv. 41 What are you at now?..spouting to yourself, like a mad stroller. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. iv. 229 The far-sounding Street-orators cease, or spout milder. 1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 25 A practical man, spouting in the House about our national obligations to liberty. 1898 Pike County (Petersburg, Indiana) Democrat 14 Oct. The Press..has spouted off a great deal on several occasions, but lately has been extremely quiet. 1909 Railroad Telegrapher Aug. 1296/1 He would spout upon the corner and he'd spout within the hall, And he spouted in the barroom till he made the ceiling fall. 1926 Evening Huronite (S. Dakota) 21 Oct. 6/1 There were only two kinds up there in the stands... Those who had spouted off about how the team was sure to lose, and those who had spouted off about how the team was sure to win. 1974 Presidential Campaign Activities 1972: Hearings before U.S. Senate Select Com. 93rd Congr., 2nd Session XVI. 7148 I spouted off more to Don Paarlberg than anybody else in the Department because Don was, and is, a great distinguished economist. 2009 A. Baime Go Like Hell 242 The excitement mounted during the final laps... The announcer spouted wildly. extracted from spoutv. < as lemmas
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