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

verb | noun

spillspill1 /spɪl/ ●●● S2 verb (past tense and past participle spilled or, spilt /spɪlt/)

ETYMOLOGYspill¹

Origin: Old English spillan to kill, destroy, waste

VERB TABLE

spill

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	spill
	he, she, it	spills
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	spilled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have spilled
	he, she, it	has spilled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had spilled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will spill
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have spilled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am spilling
	he, she, it	is spilling
	you, we, they	are spilling
Past	I, he, she, it	was spilling
	you, we, they	were spilling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been spilling
	he, she, it	has been spilling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been spilling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be spilling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been spilling

THESAURUSliquid/smoke► pour

to flow quickly and in large amounts: Smoke poured out of the upstairs windows. Blood was pouring from his nose.

► flow/run

to move in a steady continuous stream: This is the place where the river flows into the ocean. Tears ran down her cheeks.

► come out

to flow out of a container, place, etc.: I turned on the faucet, but no water came out.

► spill

to pour out of something accidentally: Water spilled over the sides of the pool.

► drip

to produce small drops of liquid, or to fall in drops: Water dripped onto the floor.

► leak

to flow or drip out of a container or pipe through a hole or crack: Oil leaked from the damaged tanker.

► ooze

to flow from something very slowly: Blood oozed through the bandages.

► gush

to flow or pour out quickly in large quantities: Water gushed from the fountain.

► spurt

to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: Blood spurted from the wound.

► rush

if water in a river or stream rushes somewhere, it flows quickly: The water in the stream rushed over the rocks and into a pool.

► stream down

if blood, tears, rain, etc. streams down a surface, it runs quickly down it in large quantities: During the storm, rain streamed down the windows.

LIQUID [intransitive, transitive] if you spill a liquid or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container: I almost spilled my coffee.spill on/over etc. Oil had spilled onto the concrete.spill something down/on/over something He spilled paint all over the carpet.► see thesaurus at pour2PEOPLE [intransitive always + adv./prep.] if people spill out of somewhere, they move out in large groups: spill (out) into/onto etc. something People spilled out into the street.3LIGHT [intransitive always + adv./prep.] if light spills somewhere, it shines through a window, door, hole, etc. into a place or onto something: spill into/onto/through etc. Sunlight spilled into the room.4spill the beans informal to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret5spill your guts informal to tell someone everything about your private life or about a personal secret6spill (somebody’s) blood literary to kill or wound people[Origin: Old English spillan to kill, destroy, waste] → see also cry over spilled milk at cry1 (6)spill over phrasal verb1if a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people, etc.: spill over into The violence has spilled over into neighboring countries.2to develop into a worse situation, feeling, etc.: spill over into The situation could spill over into chaos.