| 单词 | spout |
| 释义 | spout n. & v. --n 1. a a projecting tube or lip through which a liquid etc. is poured from a teapot, kettle, jug, etc., or issues from a fountain, pump, etc. b a sloping trough down which a thing may be shot into a receptacle. c hist. a lift serving a pawnbroker's storeroom. 2. a jet or column of liquid, grain, etc. 3. (in full spout-hole) a whale's blow-hole. --vtr. & intr. 1. discharge or issue forcibly in a jet. 2. utter (verses etc.) or speak in a declamatory manner, speechify. Phrases and idioms up the spout sl. 1. useless, ruined, hopeless. 2. pawned. 3. pregnant. Derivatives spouter n. spoutless adj. Etymology: ME f. MDu. spouten, orig. imit. |
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