单词 | put-put |
释义 | put-put1 of 2noun variants or putt-putt ˈpət¦pət, usually -¦pət+V plural -s 1 : a sound made by or suggestive of the operation of a small gasoline engine the put-put of its motor Kay Boyle occasionally there would be the rapid put-put of conversation Donn Byrne 2 : a small gasoline engine or a vehicle or boat equipped with one a phonograph and a radio and a flivver and a put-put for the canoe Fannie Kilbourne experimenting with fast-flying combat planes to replace the slow-flying put-puts now used for the job Time put-put 2 of 2intransitive verb variants or putt-putt " put-putted or putt-putted; put-putted or putt-putted; put-putting or putt-putting; put-puts or putt-putts 1 : to make put-puts : make the flat regularly repeated explosive sound of a small gasoline engine his angry style, which keeps put-putting in a series of equal explosions like a one-cylinder gasoline engine Malcolm Cowley 2 : to proceed or operate with or as if with put-puts : travel in a vehicle or boat that put-puts the launch went put-putting across the darkening harbor William Irish put-put off across the water to visit the alligators J. L. Jolley |
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