| 单词 | sputter |
| 释义 | sputter (once / 2204 pages) vn WORD FAMILY sputter: sputtered, sputtering, sputters+/sputtering: sputterings USAGE EXAMPLESThe playoffs are here, and not a moment too soon after the Seahawks sputtered to the finish. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Never mind that Cubs reliever Aroldis Chapman was sputtering in the late innings of Game 7 like the cyborg in “Terminator 3.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Bears used their conference-leading defense to set the tone in the first half when California’s offense sputtered. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v spit up in an explosive manner Syn|Hyper spit out, splutter cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth 2v utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage Syn|Hyper splutter emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 3v make an explosive sound sputter ing engines Hyper pop make a sharp explosive noise 4v climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Syn|Hyper clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle climb move with difficulty, by grasping 5v cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6n the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively Syn|Hyper spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 7n an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) Syn|Hyper splutter utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
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