单词	sputter
释义	sputtersput‧ter /ˈspʌtə $ -ər/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINsputter Origin: 1500-1600 Dutch sputteren Verb Table VERB TABLE sputter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they sputter he, she, it sputters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sputtered Present perfect I, you, we, they have sputtered he, she, it has sputtered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sputtered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sputter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sputtered Continuous Form Present I am sputtering he, she, it is sputtering you, we, they are sputtering Past I, he, she, it was sputtering you, we, they were sputtering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been sputtering he, she, it has been sputtering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sputtering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sputtering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sputtering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Solano sputtered that there must be some mistake. The country's transition to democracy continues to sputter along. The engine sputtered and died. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Chaos had been averted, though strikes in the public services sputtered on. He sputtered up and down the aisle, saying the man should be behind bars. In both instances the sputtering war in the world outside becomes something more personal within the artificial community of these isolated characters. Patients experience a sputtering downhill course and an inevitable loss of mobility. Since then, political parties have proliferated, but the transition to full democracy has sputtered along. The drummer passed out, the bassoonist dropped his bassoon, the trombonist sputtered and went sour. The engine sputtered to life with a corrupting puff of diesel exhaust. 1[intransitive] if something such as an engine or a fire sputters, it makes short soft uneven noises like very small explosions SYN  splutter:  Suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped.2[intransitive, transitive] to talk quickly in short confused phrases, especially because you are angry or shocked SYN  splutter:  ‘What do you mean?’ sputtered Annabelle.—sputter noun [countable, uncountable]
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