单词 | sputter |
释义 | sputter v. & n. --v   1. intr. emit spitting sounds, esp. when being heated.   2. intr. (often foll. by at) speak in a hurried or vehement fashion.   3. tr. emit with a spitting sound.   4. tr. speak or utter (words, threats, a language, etc.) rapidly or incoherently.   5. tr. Physics deposit (metal) by using fast ions etc. to eject particles of it from a target. --n a sputtering sound, esp. sputtering speech. Derivatives sputterer n. Etymology: Du. sputteren (imit.) |
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