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 Amplifier Circuitry upgraded in several areas to provide more linear output current allowing operation into load impedances other headphone Amplifiers sputter and fuss at.
  耳放中，有多个部件的电路都进行了升级，效果就是能提供更多的线性输出电流，保证负载阻抗的运行（其他放大器在这一点上做得非常不好）。
• He began to sputter his reply.
  他开始结结巴巴地回答。
• 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。
• 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？”
• Is this decline an early sign of a downturn or just a quick sputter?
  这是下跌的前期信号，还是短暂走弱？
• Companies began to panic that at midnight on January1st, 2000 would cause electric and financial PCs to sputter.
  很多公司开始陷入恐慌，人们害怕到2000年1月1日到来时，电脑会发生“爆炸”。
• The whole thing sputtered out.
  整个事态渐渐平息了下来。
• But GC is only one reason why your application may sputter and stall.
  不过gc只是应用程序出现不连贯和停顿的一个原因。
• The truck sputtered and stopped
  卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。
• Engines sputtered to life again
  发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。