单词 | spew |
释义 | spew[ spyoo ] / spyu / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spew ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit. verb (used with object)to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit. to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger: The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us. nounsomething that is spewed; vomit. Sometimes spue . Origin of spewFirst recorded before 900; Middle English spewen “to vomit, cast forth foul language,” Old English spīwan “to vomit”; cognate with German speien, Old Norse spȳja, Gothic speiwan, Latin spuere OTHER WORDS FROM spewspewer, nounun·spewed, adjectiveWords nearby spewSperrin Mountains, Sperry, sperrylite, spessartite, speug, spew, Spey, Speyer, Spezia, SPF, sp. gr. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spewBritish Dictionary definitions for spewspew / (spjuː) / verbto eject (the contents of the stomach) involuntarily through the mouth; vomit to spit (spittle, phlegm, etc) out of the mouth (usually foll by out) to send or be sent out in a streamflames spewed out nounsomething ejected from the mouth Also (archaic): spue Derived forms of spewspewer, nounWord Origin for spewOld English spīwan; related to Old Norse spӯja, Gothic speiwan, Old High German spīwan, Latin spuere, Lithuanian spiauti Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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