单词 | sputtering |
释义 | sputteringn. 1. a. The action of the verb in various senses; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun] > action of spitting spattlingc1000 spitting13.. spoutingc1390 avoidancea1398 spetinga1400 spet1446 spettingc1450 excreationa1556 spawling1608 exspuition1650 exsputation1657 sputation1657 sputtering1699 spit1700 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > sputtering sound puttering1824 sputter1837 sputtering1837 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > explosive emission of particles spitting1611 sputter1837 sputtering1837 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > hurried or confused speech bolting1702 rabble1868 sputtering1884 scuffle1899 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Crachotement Sputtering, Spitting often. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iv. 166 A continual crackling and sputtering of riots from the whole face of France. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) iii. 20 Such a smoking and sputtering of wood newly lighted in a damp chimney. 1884 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 326 Feeble little sputterings of mutual admiration or inane twaddle. b. plural. Small particles sputtered out or emitted with some force and noise. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > sudden or violent > of particles > that which sputter1748 sputterings1894 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > explosive emission of particles > particles emitted sputterings1894 1894 H. Caine Manxman iv. xiv Then Nancy began to fly about the kitchen like sputterings out of the frying-pan. 2. The removal of atoms from a substance subject to bombardment, esp. from a metallic cathode bombarded by positive ions, and usually with subsequent deposition on an adjacent surface. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [noun] > subjection to stream of particles > removal by bombardment sputtering1902 1902 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 4 653 The metallic films..were obtained by sputtering from a cathode in vacuo on glass strips. 1930 Rev. Mod. Physics 2 186 ‘Sputtering’, or disintegration of an electrode subjected to positive ion bombardment is a well known and often troublesome phenomenon. 1948 L. D. Smullin in L. D. Smullin & C. G. Montgomery Microwave Duplexers v. 210 Sputtering is a process in which the cathode is heated by positive-ion bombardment to the point where particles are boiled out of the cathode and finally condense on the anode or on the tube walls. 1952 Trans. Faraday Soc. 48 747 As a general procedure for cleaning surfaces, the inert gas ion-bombardment has some advantages: its main disadvantage is that there is sputtering of the metal on to the walls of the vessel. 1976 Sci. Amer. May 115/3 By the process known as sputtering, the impact of electrons and protons on the surface could chip away atoms and release them into the atmosphere, from which they would quickly escape. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). sputteringadj. 1. Emitting or ejecting saliva or spittle. Also in combination venom-sputtering. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > spitting sputtering1598 spawling1603 sputativea1639 spitting1688 spitty1742 expectorative1863 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H6v Avaunt lewd curre, presume not speake, Or with thy venome-sputtering chapps to barke Gainst well-pend Poems. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I3v Thy sputtering chappes yelpe, that Arrogance, and Impudence, and Ignoraunce, are the essentiall parts of a Courtier. 2. a. Characterized by, burning with, making or giving out, a succession of explosive sounds accompanied by the emission of small particles, sparks, or bursts of flame. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > sputtering sound sputteringa1657 frizzling1852 thuttering1896 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting particles explosively sputteringa1657 spitting1901 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > sparking sparkling?c1225 sparkinga1300 sputteringa1657 flaky1776 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxx, in Poems (1878) IV. 131 The Despaireing flame Resigns its Sputtering light, ere the Time came. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 601 The Laurels crackle in the sputt'ring Fire. 1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 251 Others dip the sputtering Metals in the Trough. 1794 J. G. Schmeisser Syst. Mineral. I. 219 The so called sprudel stone or sputtering stone, from Carlsbad. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 327 The wheels of Langres scream, amid their sputtering fire-halo. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 546 A sputtering tallow candle. 1880 J. Grant Hist. India vi. 33/2 A sputtering fire of musketry was kept up for two hours. b. Of sound, etc. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sotter,..the sputtering or noise made by any bubbling substance, that is resinous, or in a semi-liquid state, when boiling. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 189 My lamp..carried on a sputtering combustion. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 113 His writings resemble those fireworks which..suddenly break out again into sputtering explosions. 3. Of speech, etc., or of persons with reference to this: (see sputter v. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > hasty or confused blabberingc1410 babbling1556 sputtering1691 1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xxxiii. 33 Sir W——m W——ms first the Cause espous'd, And all his sputtering Eloquence he rous'd. 1756 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 411 To make out sputtering Hampden's observation. 1811 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Mar. 188 Then..his shrill and sputt'ring speeches. 1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 1041 (note) It would have afforded the angry chorus a very appropriate quotation against their parsimonious and sputtering provider. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 154 His voice..got sputtering and screechy when he became excited. Derivatives ˈsputteringly adv. in a sputtering manner; with a sputter or sputters. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adverb] > spitting sputteringly1825 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adverb] > emitting particles explosively sputteringly1825 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adverb] > sputtering sound sputteringly1825 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 513 When he crammed a portion of it into her mouth, she was obliged sputteringly to reject it. 1861 Temple Bar 3 359 ‘But—but’—I exclaimed sputteringly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1699adj.1598 |
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