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单词 blurt
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Definition of blurt in English:

blurt

verb bləːtblərt
[with object]
  • Say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration.

    she blurted out the truth
    with direct speech ‘It wasn't my idea,’ Gordon blurted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once you start, it is essential that you don't just blurt it all out as this may sound like you are blaming him.
    • Then they are like, talking late one night and Tammy blurts it out.
    • He blurts some knee-jerk retort about his music always being authentic and soulful then pauses and thinks about it a bit.
    • I had one such idea last night over dinner and I blurted it out straight away.
    • But it just won't do to get up on stage and thrash around, and cry, and blurt things out.
    • These are the days when I can't be bothered talking about the hassles, but am happier just blurting them out ‘silently’ on here.
    • Suddenly a thought occurred to his young mind and he blurted it out before thinking it properly through.
    • Yet there I was in thick make-up and bad costumes, willingly standing on the stage and blurting my few lines.
    • She just sometimes blurts things out before she thinks, and I think we should try to forgive it and go on.
    • When describing his test debut he blurts it out.
    • There's no more graceful way to say it, so I'll just blurt it out: What the hell is this?
    • As soon as Leslie's name was blurted out on a TV programme, the newspapers piled in.
    • Daphne blurts the childlike word automatically, unthinking, and she rushes forward.
    • He memorises quotes from movies and blurts them out at inopportune moments.
    • It was also in the back of my mind that my son might have had a few drinks one night, and blurted it out.
    • He blurts things out without even meaning it, yet, he doesn't apologize!
    • He blurts it out as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
    • I would much prefer people found the pain that lies beneath rather than blurt it out and have it paraded and advertised.
    • I don't really think he meant to blurt it out that way, but he was nervous.
    • You could tell he didn't think much of my work, though he was far too polite to blurt it out.
    Synonyms
    utter suddenly, exclaim, ejaculate, tell, babble, jabber, call out, cry out, burst out with, come out with
    divulge, disclose, reveal, betray, leak, let slip, let out, give away, give the game away, bring to light
    informal blab, gush, let on, spill the beans, spill one's guts, let the cat out of the bag, run off at the mouth, spout

Origin

Late 16th century: probably imitative.

Rhymes

advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt
 
 

Definition of blurt in US English:

blurt

verbblərtblərt
[with object]
  • Say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration.

    with direct speech “It wasn't my idea,” Gordon blurted
    she wouldn't blurt out words she did not mean
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When describing his test debut he blurts it out.
    • He blurts it out as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
    • It was also in the back of my mind that my son might have had a few drinks one night, and blurted it out.
    • Then they are like, talking late one night and Tammy blurts it out.
    • Yet there I was in thick make-up and bad costumes, willingly standing on the stage and blurting my few lines.
    • He blurts some knee-jerk retort about his music always being authentic and soulful then pauses and thinks about it a bit.
    • He memorises quotes from movies and blurts them out at inopportune moments.
    • There's no more graceful way to say it, so I'll just blurt it out: What the hell is this?
    • Daphne blurts the childlike word automatically, unthinking, and she rushes forward.
    • Once you start, it is essential that you don't just blurt it all out as this may sound like you are blaming him.
    • These are the days when I can't be bothered talking about the hassles, but am happier just blurting them out ‘silently’ on here.
    • He blurts things out without even meaning it, yet, he doesn't apologize!
    • Suddenly a thought occurred to his young mind and he blurted it out before thinking it properly through.
    • But it just won't do to get up on stage and thrash around, and cry, and blurt things out.
    • As soon as Leslie's name was blurted out on a TV programme, the newspapers piled in.
    • She just sometimes blurts things out before she thinks, and I think we should try to forgive it and go on.
    • You could tell he didn't think much of my work, though he was far too polite to blurt it out.
    • I don't really think he meant to blurt it out that way, but he was nervous.
    • I would much prefer people found the pain that lies beneath rather than blurt it out and have it paraded and advertised.
    • I had one such idea last night over dinner and I blurted it out straight away.
    Synonyms
    utter suddenly, exclaim, ejaculate, tell, babble, jabber, call out, cry out, burst out with, come out with

Origin

Late 16th century: probably imitative.

 
 
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