单词 | splutter |
释义 | splut·ter I. 1. < a few splutters from the other end, then laughter — New York Herald Tribune > < an occasional splutter of birds among the leaves — Gerald Durrell > 2. < dumped them overside with a sizzle and a splutter — C.S.Forester > < splutter of rain came hissing down the chimney — J.C.Powys > < the flaming splutter of the volcano and the rending crash of the earthquake — W.E.Swinton > II. intransitive verb 1. < hardly a man in authority today who does not … splutter at some of the restrictions — F.L.Allen > 2. < bacon spluttering in the kitchen — Jan de Hartog > < steam hammer thudding … and the electric arcs spluttering — Gavin Casey > 3. < the last bus spluttered down the highway — D.C.Peattie > transitive verb 1. < he splutters a series of observations and analyses which are individually coherent — Robert Halsband > — often used with out or forth 2. < a plane … spluttering cannon fire — H.E.Bates > |
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