spouts

英 [spaʊts]

美 [spaʊts]

n.  (容器的)嘴; (喷出的)水柱，液体柱
v.  喷出; 喷射; 喷水; 滔滔不绝地说; 喋喋不休地说
spout的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 喷出;涌出
  If somethingspoutsliquid or fire, or if liquid or firespoutout of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force.
  1. He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames...
     原来的锅炉开始往外喷火苗后他便换了个新的。
  2. The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air...
     主广场有个喷泉，能将水喷射至 40 英尺高的空中。
  3. In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale.
     在暴风雨中，水从出气孔中喷射出来，就像鲸鱼喷水一样。
• (迅速喷出的)液流，水柱
  Aspout ofliquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully.
• VERB 喋喋不休地说;夸夸其谈
  If you say that a personspoutssomething, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel.
  1. He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team.
     他根本不了解苏格兰橄榄球队，却在自己的专栏上对其大加抨击。
  2. You're the kind of person who affiliates himself with the kind of crap they spout.
     你这种人就会去附和他们的那些废话。
  3. Spout forthandspout offmean the same asspout.
     spout forth 和 spout off 同 spout
  4. ...an estate agent spouting forth about houses...
     喋喋不休地谈论房子的房地产经纪人
  5. All too often he is spouting off about matters which should not concern him.
     他经常滔滔不绝地谈论和自己无关的事。
• 容器嘴;喷嘴;喷口
  Aspoutis a long, hollow part of a container through which liquids can be poured out easily.
• PHRASE 错误的;出问题的
  If you say that something isup the spout, you mean that it is wrong or it is no longer working.
  1. If you only take a sample then all the statistics are up the spout.
     如果你只采集了一个样本，那么所有的数据就有问题了。

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