| 单词 | squirt |
| 释义 | squirt —squirter, n. —squirtingly, adv. /skwerrt/, v.i. 1. to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us. 2. to eject a spurt of liquid: The lemon squirted in my eye. v.t. 3. to cause (liquid or a viscous substance) to spurt or issue in a jet, as from a narrow orifice: Squirt the water over that way! 4. to wet or bespatter with a liquid or viscous substance so ejected: to squirt someone with a hose. n. 5. the act of squirting. 6. a spurt or jetlike stream, as of water. 7. a small quantity of liquid or viscous substance squirted: Put a squirt of chocolate sauce on my ice cream. 8. Informal. a. a youngster, esp. a meddlesome or impudent one. b. a short person. c. an insignificant, self-assertive person, esp. one who is small or young. 9. an instrument for squirting, as a syringe. 10. Usually, squirts. Dial. diarrhea. [1425-75; (v.) late ME squirten, appar. var. of swirten; c. LG swirtjen in same sense; perh. akin to SWIRL; (n.) late ME sqwyrt diarrhea, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 6. jet, spray, stream. |
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