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单词 blurt
释义
blurtblurt /blɜːt $ blɜːrt/ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINblurt
Origin:
1500-1600 Probably from the sound of sudden speech
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
blurt
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyblurt
he, she, itblurts
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyblurted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave blurted
he, she, ithas blurted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad blurted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill blurt
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have blurted
Continuous Form
PresentIam blurting
he, she, itis blurting
you, we, theyare blurting
PastI, he, she, itwas blurting
you, we, theywere blurting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been blurting
he, she, ithas been blurting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been blurting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be blurting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been blurting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Jackie blurted out that she was pregnant.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Flyte knew he would not be able to withstand the agony of lying to them again; he would blurt everything out.
  • He appeared jumpy and ill at ease, ready to blurt something out at any moment.
  • He remembered Myles in hospital blurting out something about prison.
  • Kids are known for blurting something important out at unusual times.
  • No-one should think twice about blurting out the whole story.
  • Not what you happen to feel like blurting out.
  • Now he just wants to hear the coach blurt out his name occasionally.
  • Somehow, Agnes couldn't bring herself to blurt out a warning.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto say something suddenly or unexpectedly
to say something suddenly and loudly because you are angry, surprised, or excited: · "What a beautiful house!'' she exclaimed.· ''Aha'!', he exclaimed triumphantly. ''We knew you'd come''.
to suddenly say something, in an unplanned way, which other people find unusual or surprising: · It was strange to hear a little old lady come out with a swear word like that.· I don't want to make a speech -- I'll only come out with something stupid that everyone will laugh at.· You never know what he'll come out with next.
to suddenly say something without thinking, especially something embarrassing or something that should be kept secret: blurt out something: · She had blurted out my secret when she was upset, and now everyone knew about it.blurt something out: · He couldn't go through the agony of lying to them again, so he blurted everything out.blurt out that: · She couldn't think of a good excuse, so blurted out that she was pregnant.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· No-one should think twice about blurting out the whole story.· Not what you happen to feel like blurting out.· He remembered Myles in hospital blurting out something about prison.· Now he just wants to hear the coach blurt out his name occasionally.· Somehow, Agnes couldn't bring herself to blurt out a warning.· The rapid fire of questions was deliberate, she knew, designed to scare her into blurting out the truth.· Fancy me just blurting out about her, never thinking.· I knew MacQuillan had engineered the scene because he hoped I would blurt out my resignation.
blurt something ↔ out phrasal verb to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are nervous or excited:  Peter blurted the news out before we could stop him.
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