splutter
英 [ˈsplʌt.ər]
美 [ˈsplʌt̬.ɚ]
- n. 劈啪声;急忙说出的话;杂乱的声音
- vt. 喷溅;气急败坏地说
- vi. 喷溅唾沫;语无伦次地说
1. perhaps a variant of sputter, intensified by the consonant cluster of splash, splatter, etc.
2. splash + sputter => splutter.
3. splatter => splutter.
4. blend of splash and sputter.
splutter 噼啪声,语无伦次,结结巴巴可能为拼写变体形式自 sputter,噼啪声,语无伦次。或直接来自拟声词。
- splutter (n.)
- 1670s, perhaps a variant of sputter, intensified by the consonant cluster of splash, splatter, etc.
- splutter (v.)
- 1728, from splutter (n.). Related: Spluttered; spluttering.
- 1. He gave a brief splutter of laughter.
- 他干笑了几声。
- 2. The rain caused the lamp to splutter.
- 雨水打得油灯噼啪响.
- 3. I ask as I splutter into a tissue.
- 我一边拿纸巾擤鼻涕一边问他.
- 4. The young man was so anxious that he could only splutter out what he had witnessed.
- 那年轻人太急切了,对他亲眼目睹的情况讲得语无伦次,含糊不清.