英语词汇“spout”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to eject (liquid, etc) or be forced out in a copious stream

informal

to speak or utter (esp something platitudinous) in a strident or pompous manner

to declaim or recite (poetry, etc)

verb intrans

to issue with force or in a jet; to spurt

to eject material, esp liquid, in a jet

informal to discourse, esp pompously; to speechify

spouter noun

[Middle English from early Dutch spouten to spout, of imitative origin]

a projecting tube, e.g. on a teapot or kettle, or lip, e.g. on a jug, to facilitate pouring

a downpipe conveying water from a roof gutter

a chute for conveying grain

a sudden downpour, or a forceful gush or jet of liquid water; = waterspout

formerly, a lift at a pawnbroker's, for taking pawned goods up to a storage room

up the spout

informal ruined or scuppered

informal said of a woman: pregnant

said of a cartridge or bullet: in the barrel ready to fire

archaic in the keeping of a pawnbroker; pawned

Please to put that up the spout, ma'am, with my pins, and rings, and watch and chain, and things — Thackeray

[a spout was formerly a lift at a pawnbroker's, for taking pawned goods up to a storage room]

spouted adj

spoutless adj