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单词 spew
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Definition of spew in English:

spew

verb spjuːspju
[with object]
  • 1Expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly.

    buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the capital Manila, activists have asked the city's three-million cellphone users to report the licence numbers of cars spewing black smoke.
    • Visa officials should have the immediate power to deny entry to all those who spew hatred of America or who belong to organizations that express enmity to the United States.
    • She chomped on the cigar, and seething, she inhaled sharply and spewed a jet-stream of carcinogenic smoke into the acrid atmosphere between them.
    • An ugly-looking industrial plant was coming up with gigantic chimneys spewing black smoke into the sky.
    • It constantly spews toxic chemicals into the air here, and the residents I work with suffer from headaches, nosebleeds and respiratory problems.
    • How long has it been since you've hollered for that rickety three wheel convertible drive that spewed no smoke and burnt no holes in the pocket?
    • One fighter spewed a thick cloud of smoke and was the first to attempt a landing as the others made their approach in a two-by-two pattern.
    • Two pulp mills spew chemicals into the river that is the only source of the city's water.
    • Most important thing is to make sure the gas and oil mix (two cycle oil) is right so you won't burn out the engine or be spewing a lot of smoke.
    • Some filmed the water cannon spewing water and thick black smoke into the detainees' cage.
    • Mercury is spewed into the air from coal-burning plants and facilities that incinerate medical waste.
    • Jessica stopped after only about fifty yards when the engine began to spew dark smoke.
    • Looking overhead, he watched as two more massive explosions spewed black smoke and metallic debris onto rooftops and houses below.
    • Near the bigger cities, concrete tower blocks were common and huge chimneys spewed clouds of smoke.
    • The creature roared in agony, thrashing about and spewing gouts of blood, until it lay quivering in a pool of its own gore.
    • Greed is one of the primary factors that induces corporations to, say, spew chemicals into our air and water.
    • Phone books carry instructions on what to do if an attack or accident spews chemicals or radioactivity into the air.
    • Cities had held towers rising to the heavens, but now dark chimneys, tall as trees, spewed their smoke over the sky.
    • By now, the helicopter had begun to spew smoke, not able to withstand as a shield for much longer.
    • The source of the trouble lies to the north, where it spews its venom throughout the Great Kingdom, breeding dissension as rotten meat breeds maggots.
    Synonyms
    emit, discharge, eject, expel, belch out, pour out, spout, disgorge
    1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Be poured or forced out in large quantities.
      great screeds of paper spewed out of the computer
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No gushers, no oil spewing down like black rain from creaky wooden derricks.
      • Most energy quickly collapses into a black hole, but some spews out in a flood of super hot neutrons and atomic nuclei.
      • Last spring I struggled to find ways to combat the negativity that was spewing forth from certain politicians via mainstream media.
      • It was so thick that you could stick a pin needle into the ground and oil would come spewing out of the ground.
      • The rapid formation of bubbles is also why a carbonated beverage spews when opened after having been shaken.
      • Joey stared at it absently, taking an exaggerated interest in the papers spewing out.
      • A lava spout spewed from the relics and threw the androids back.
      • Oil and smoke spewed from the engine compartment.
      • Ashley and Rick watch on as the foam spews forth from the measuring cylinder as a result of the chemical reaction.
      • Heading straight into the sun the bow of the ship raises its fist for another attack on a relentless swell and angry salt spray spews into the air only to fall back into the collective pit of unchallenged hyaline.
      • Who has time to read, never mind cope with, the mountain of red tape that spews out of Brussels: employment legislation, working time directives, discrimination laws, VAT rules, etc?
      • In the surrounding countryside, at least a dozen cows and sheep lay dead, covered by the silty grey material that began spewing on August 4 from the crater, obscured from view by a shroud of dark clouds.
      • Blood spurted out of her unprotected neck and spewed all over the floor.
      • Blood, flat like a sheet of paper, spewed from the split shoulder and the famous swordsman fell to the ground, his broken sword as dead as he.
      • The samurai choked as a spurt of blood spewed out, splashing Ayumi in the face.
      • This article spews forth opinions as if they are facts and figures.
      • After landing, I looked in the burner can and found oil spewed all over the inside.
      • A North Vancouver company that manufactures state-of-the-art oil spill cleanup equipment is sending two containers to Iraq to help mop up oil spewing from burning oil wells.
      • Immediately, a rush of power spewed forth from within, sending a reverberating shock wave through the district.
      • Its main geographical features are three low hills formed from superheated mud that spews periodically from the earth's bowels.
      Synonyms
      pour, gush, spurt, surge, spout, jet, rush
      erupt
    2. 1.2informal no object Vomit.
      he felt faint and nauseous—he had to get out before he spewed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And I could almost get through a whole pint of the black stuff without spewing.
      • Andrea felt sick and spewed over the side of the boat.
      • Take the drinking slowly, this doesn't mean you have to be the only sober person, it just means you won't be left behind spewing in the garden after all your friends leave for town.
      Synonyms
      vomit, be sick, spew up, fetch up
noun spjuː
mass nouninformal
  • Vomit.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am convinced of my son's comic timing as he always manages to hit me with this surprise spew only after I've changed or washed.
    • The spew in my hair, my top missing, this alien bathroom with its funny shower tiles, a kind of washed out blue with sea plants and animals inserted what seemed like randomly in between.

Derivatives

  • spewer

  • noun
    • This certain spewer of magma had been dead for some time, but it was still hot enough to make any man sweat uncontrollably.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Redistribute some of the revenue billed from junk traffic to sites that are well-managed (e.g. the lower quartile of junk spewers), by reducing monthly fees.
      • In this way it acts like a compact between spewer and receiver, a shared secret that brings them closer together.
      • Instead of being portrayed as the unrepentant spewer of greenhouse gases that the publicly-traded company once was, they turn out to be The Corporation's heroes.
      • In this review, he leaves the community of civil, respectful discourse and becomes a mere mouthpiece of the ideological left, a careless spewer of hateful rhetoric.

Origin

Old English spīwan, spēowan, of Germanic origin; related to German speien.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
 
 

Definition of spew in US English:

spew

verbspyo͞ospju
[with object]
  • 1Expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly.

    buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Greed is one of the primary factors that induces corporations to, say, spew chemicals into our air and water.
    • How long has it been since you've hollered for that rickety three wheel convertible drive that spewed no smoke and burnt no holes in the pocket?
    • Some filmed the water cannon spewing water and thick black smoke into the detainees' cage.
    • By now, the helicopter had begun to spew smoke, not able to withstand as a shield for much longer.
    • She chomped on the cigar, and seething, she inhaled sharply and spewed a jet-stream of carcinogenic smoke into the acrid atmosphere between them.
    • Looking overhead, he watched as two more massive explosions spewed black smoke and metallic debris onto rooftops and houses below.
    • In the capital Manila, activists have asked the city's three-million cellphone users to report the licence numbers of cars spewing black smoke.
    • Near the bigger cities, concrete tower blocks were common and huge chimneys spewed clouds of smoke.
    • One fighter spewed a thick cloud of smoke and was the first to attempt a landing as the others made their approach in a two-by-two pattern.
    • Most important thing is to make sure the gas and oil mix (two cycle oil) is right so you won't burn out the engine or be spewing a lot of smoke.
    • The creature roared in agony, thrashing about and spewing gouts of blood, until it lay quivering in a pool of its own gore.
    • It constantly spews toxic chemicals into the air here, and the residents I work with suffer from headaches, nosebleeds and respiratory problems.
    • Phone books carry instructions on what to do if an attack or accident spews chemicals or radioactivity into the air.
    • An ugly-looking industrial plant was coming up with gigantic chimneys spewing black smoke into the sky.
    • Mercury is spewed into the air from coal-burning plants and facilities that incinerate medical waste.
    • The source of the trouble lies to the north, where it spews its venom throughout the Great Kingdom, breeding dissension as rotten meat breeds maggots.
    • Jessica stopped after only about fifty yards when the engine began to spew dark smoke.
    • Visa officials should have the immediate power to deny entry to all those who spew hatred of America or who belong to organizations that express enmity to the United States.
    • Cities had held towers rising to the heavens, but now dark chimneys, tall as trees, spewed their smoke over the sky.
    • Two pulp mills spew chemicals into the river that is the only source of the city's water.
    Synonyms
    emit, discharge, eject, expel, belch out, pour out, spout, disgorge
    1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Be poured or forced out in large quantities.
      oil spewed out of the damaged tanker
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Joey stared at it absently, taking an exaggerated interest in the papers spewing out.
      • Immediately, a rush of power spewed forth from within, sending a reverberating shock wave through the district.
      • Who has time to read, never mind cope with, the mountain of red tape that spews out of Brussels: employment legislation, working time directives, discrimination laws, VAT rules, etc?
      • Oil and smoke spewed from the engine compartment.
      • Its main geographical features are three low hills formed from superheated mud that spews periodically from the earth's bowels.
      • This article spews forth opinions as if they are facts and figures.
      • The rapid formation of bubbles is also why a carbonated beverage spews when opened after having been shaken.
      • Heading straight into the sun the bow of the ship raises its fist for another attack on a relentless swell and angry salt spray spews into the air only to fall back into the collective pit of unchallenged hyaline.
      • A North Vancouver company that manufactures state-of-the-art oil spill cleanup equipment is sending two containers to Iraq to help mop up oil spewing from burning oil wells.
      • After landing, I looked in the burner can and found oil spewed all over the inside.
      • A lava spout spewed from the relics and threw the androids back.
      • No gushers, no oil spewing down like black rain from creaky wooden derricks.
      • In the surrounding countryside, at least a dozen cows and sheep lay dead, covered by the silty grey material that began spewing on August 4 from the crater, obscured from view by a shroud of dark clouds.
      • Most energy quickly collapses into a black hole, but some spews out in a flood of super hot neutrons and atomic nuclei.
      • Last spring I struggled to find ways to combat the negativity that was spewing forth from certain politicians via mainstream media.
      • Blood, flat like a sheet of paper, spewed from the split shoulder and the famous swordsman fell to the ground, his broken sword as dead as he.
      • Blood spurted out of her unprotected neck and spewed all over the floor.
      • The samurai choked as a spurt of blood spewed out, splashing Ayumi in the face.
      • Ashley and Rick watch on as the foam spews forth from the measuring cylinder as a result of the chemical reaction.
      • It was so thick that you could stick a pin needle into the ground and oil would come spewing out of the ground.
      Synonyms
      pour, gush, spurt, surge, spout, jet, rush
    2. 1.2informal no object Vomit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am convinced of my son's comic timing as he always manages to hit me with this surprise spew only after I've changed or washed.
      • The spew in my hair, my top missing, this alien bathroom with its funny shower tiles, a kind of washed out blue with sea plants and animals inserted what seemed like randomly in between.

Origin

Old English spīwan, spēowan, of Germanic origin; related to German speien.

 
 
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