sputter

英 [ˈspʌtə(r)]

美 [ˈspʌtər]

v.  (引擎、灯或火)发噼啪声; 气急败坏地说; 急促而语无伦次地说
n.  喷溅声; 劈啪声; 急语; 咕哝

过去式：sputtered　现在分词：sputtering　过去分词：sputtered　第三人称单数：sputters　

BNC.36116 / COCA.11175

牛津词典

verb

• （引擎、灯或火）发噼啪声
  if an engine, a lamp or a fire sputters , it makes a series of short explosive sounds
  1. sputtering fireworks
     噼啪作响的烟火
• 气急败坏地说；急促而语无伦次地说
  to speak quickly and with difficulty, making soft spitting sounds, because you are angry or shocked
  1. ‘W-What?’ sputtered Anna.
     “什…什么？”安娜气急败坏地说。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (发动机)发出噼啪声;(火焰)发出毕剥声
  If something such as an engine or a flamesputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds.
  1. The truck sputtered and stopped...
     卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。
  2. Engines sputtered to life again...
     发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。
  3. The flame sputters out.
     火焰毕剥作响。
  4. ...the sputtering engine.
     噼啪作响的发动机
  5. Sputteris also a noun.
     
  6. All I could hear was the sputter of the fire.
     我只能听到火的毕剥声。
• VERB (过程、行动或事态)缓慢不稳地进行，慢慢结束
  If a process, action, or state of affairssputters, it progresses slowly and unevenly or starts to end.
  1. The economy is already sputtering, with low or no growth...
     经济发展速度已经放慢，增长率很低，或者根本没有增长。
  2. The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October...
     战斗于 10 月中旬渐渐停了下来。
  3. The whole thing sputtered out.
     整个事态渐渐平息了下来。
• VERB (尤指因生气、震惊或激动)结结巴巴地说话，语无伦次地说话
  If yousputter, you speak with difficulty and make short sounds, especially because you are angry, shocked, or excited.
  1. Stunned, I sputtered, 'What do you mean?'...
     我大吃一惊，结结巴巴地问道：“你是什么意思？”
  2. Our father's face had reddened with rage and he began to sputter...
     我们的父亲气得涨红了脸，说话开始语无伦次。
  3. He began to sputter his reply.
     他开始结结巴巴地回答。

英英释义

noun

• an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
  Synonym:splutter
• the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
  1. he heard a spatter of gunfire
  Synonym:spatterspatteringsplattersplatteringspluttersputtering

verb

• spit up in an explosive manner
  Synonym:splutterspit out
• cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
  1. The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust
• utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
  Synonym:splutter
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  Synonym:clamberscrambleshinshinnyskinstruggle
• make an explosive sound
  1. sputtering engines

双语例句

• The air itself seemed to crackle and sputter as a vortex of energy began to swirl.
  在那里空气忽然自己噼啪作响起来，一个能量漩涡开始在月台上渐渐的形成。
• As markets sputter, analysts are regaining some clout.
  随着市场走弱，分析是又重新获得一些影响力。
• He began to sputter his reply.
  他开始结结巴巴地回答。
• Its principle and some other related aspects are briefly described, including the magnetron sputter coater and the osmium plasma coater.
  本文将主要叙述等离子溅射镀膜的原理与方法，并且简单介绍磁控管溅射仪和锇等离子镀膜仪等。
• The economy is already sputtering, with low or no growth
  经济发展速度已经放慢，增长率很低，或者根本没有增长。
• In view of the negative resistance characteristics of the high-voltage power supply for SIP ( sputter ion pump), a special switched DC/ DC power supply was introduced.
  针对溅射离子泵高压电源应具有的负阻特性，本文详细介绍了负阻性DC/DC开关电源控制电路的组成和工作原理。
• My father yells something inaudible before I hear our pickup sputter out of the driveway.
  父亲嚷了句什么，然后我就听见家里的敞篷小货车猛地开出了院中的车道。
• We heard his truck pull up in the parking lot and sputter when the engine was turned off.
  我们听见他的卡车泊进了车位，以及发动机熄火的声音。
• Our father's face had reddened with rage and he began to sputter
  我们的父亲气得涨红了脸，说话开始语无伦次。
• Linearity of the calibration curves was rather good after correction of sputter rate, with correlation coefficients of above 0.99 for most elements.
  经溅射率校正后的工作曲线线性较好，大部分元素的相关系数在0.99以上。