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单词 splutter
释义 splut·ter
I. \ˈspləd.ə(r), -ətə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably alteration of splutter (II)
1. : a confused noise (as of hasty speaking)
 < a few splutters from the other end, then laughter — New York Herald Tribune >
 < an occasional splutter of birds among the leaves — Gerald Durrell >
2. : a loud or violent splashing or sputtering
 < 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. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to speak hastily and indistinctly
 < hardly a man in authority today who does not … splutter at some of the restrictions — F.L.Allen >
2. : to make a series of sudden short crackling or popping sounds : sputter
 < bacon spluttering in the kitchen — Jan de Hartog >
 < steam hammer thudding … and the electric arcs spluttering — Gavin Casey >
3. : to hurry noisily : bustle
 < the last bus spluttered down the highway — D.C.Peattie >
transitive verb
1. : to utter hastily and indistinctly : stammer
 < he splutters a series of observations and analyses which are individually coherent — Robert Halsband >
— often used with out or forth
2. : to scatter by or as if by splashing
 < a plane … spluttering cannon fire — H.E.Bates >
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