spout
- IPA[spout]
美式
- a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured；a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force
- send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream；(of a liquid) flow out forcibly in a stream
verb: spout, 3rd person present: spouts, gerund or present participle: spouting, past tense: spouted, past participle: spouted
noun: spout, plural noun: spouts
- 釋義
- 相關詞
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured a teapot with a chipped spout
- 2. a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force the tall spouts of geysers
- ▪ the plume of water vapor ejected from the blowhole of a whale the spout of an occasional whale
- 3. a pipe or trough through which water may be carried away or from which it can flow out.
- ▪ a sloping trough for conveying something to a lower level; a chute.
- ▪ historical a lift in a pawnshop used to convey pawned items up for storage.
動詞
- 1. send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream volcanoes spouted ash and lava
- ▪ (of a liquid) flow out forcibly in a stream blood was spouting from the cuts on my hand 同義詞
- ▪ (of a whale or dolphin) eject (water vapor and air) through its blowhole.
- 2. express (one's views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way he was spouting platitudes about animal rights they like to spout off at each other 同義詞
- (of a container) having a tube or lip through which liquid can be poured: spouted teapots spouted copper pans
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a container) having a tube or lip through which liquid can be poured: spouted teapots spouted copper pans
Oxford American Dictionary
- no longer working, or unlikely to be useful or successful
Oxford American Dictionary
- no longer working or likely to be useful or successful
Oxford Dictionary
- pawn something
Oxford Dictionary
片語
- 更多解釋
- IPA[spaʊt]
英式
- a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured: a teapot with a chipped spout
- send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream: volcanoes spouted ash and lava
Oxford Dictionary
