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

sputtersputter /ˈspʌt̮ɚ/ verb

ETYMOLOGYsputter

Origin: 1500-1600 Dutch sputteren

VERB TABLE

sputter

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sputter
	he, she, it	sputters
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sputtered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sputtered
	he, she, it	has sputtered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sputtered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sputter
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sputtered

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

1[intransitive] if something such as an engine or a fire sputters, it makes short soft uneven noises like very small explosions: The engine sputtered and died.2[intransitive, transitive] to talk quickly in short confused phrases, especially because you are angry or shocked: “What do you mean?” Annabelle sputtered.3[intransitive] (also sputter along) if a system, team, machine, etc. sputters, it does not work very effectively: The country’s move toward democracy is sputtering along.