Spout



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.喷出; 滔滔不绝地讲
• ［英］ v.喷出 ( to eject in a stream) ; 滔滔不绝地讲 ( to speak readily)
• ［记］ 和spouse ( 配偶) 一起记
• ［例］ The elephant spouted water from its trunk.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spoiten to spout, Old English spīwan to spew
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to eject (as liquid) in a stream <wells spouting oil>
  • 2.
    • a. to speak or utter readily, volubly, and at length
    • b. to speak or utter in a pompous or oratorical manner ; declaim <a candidate spouting empty promises>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to issue with force or in a jet ; spurt
  • 2. to eject material (as liquid) in a jet
  • 3. declaim
• ? spouter noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. a pipe or conductor through which a liquid is discharged or conveyed in a stream: as
  • a. a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof
  • b. a projecting tube or lip from which a liquid (as water) issues
• 2. a discharge or jet of liquid or moisture from or as if from a pipe: as
  • a. waterspout
  • b. the blowing of a whale
• 3. archaic pawnshop
• ? spouted adjective

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