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

verb | noun

spitspit1 /spɪt/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle spit or spat /spæt/, present participle spitting)

ETYMOLOGYspit¹

Origin: Old English spittan

VERB TABLE

spit

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	spit
	he, she, it	spits
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	spat, spit
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have spat, spit
	he, she, it	has spat, spit
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had spat, spit
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will spit
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have spat, spit

Continuous Form
Present	I	am spitting
	he, she, it	is spitting
	you, we, they	are spitting
Past	I, he, she, it	was spitting
	you, we, they	were spitting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been spitting
	he, she, it	has been spitting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been spitting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be spitting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been spitting

1LIQUID FROM YOUR MOUTH [intransitive] to force a small amount of saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) out of your mouth: spit at/on/into Somebody spit at me. Eli, stop spitting on the floor.2FOOD/DRINK ETC. [transitive always + adv./prep.] to force something out of your mouth SYN spit out: spit something into/on/onto something Don’t spit your gum on the ground.3SAY something [transitive] to say something quickly in a very angry way SYN spit out: “You’re worthless!” Greg spat out.4SMALL PIECES [intransitive, transitive] to send out small pieces of something, for example fire or hot oil, into the air: The volcano began rumbling and spitting ash on July 3.5CAT [intransitive] if a cat spits, it makes short angry sounds6be within spitting distance (of somebody/something) spoken informal to be very close to someone or something7I could (just) spit spoken informal used to say that you are very angry or annoyed[Origin: Old English spittan]spit something ↔ out phrasal verb1to force something out of your mouth: If you don’t like it, spit it out.2to say something quickly in a very angry way: She spat out his name with contempt.3spit it out spoken informal used to ask someone to tell you something that he or she seems too frightened or embarrassed to say: Come on Jean, spit it out!spit something ↔ up phrasal verb1to bring food or drink up from your stomach and out through your mouth SYN vomit: The baby is always crying and spitting up.2spit up blood to cough so that blood comes out through your mouth, especially because you are injured or sick