spout
verb
uk/spaʊt/us/spaʊt/spoutverb(SPEAK)
[T,I+ adv/prep]disapproving
tospeaka lot, in a way that isboringorannoyingfor otherpeople:
喋喋不休地说，滔滔不绝地说He spouts aloadofpretentiousnonsenseandpeoplearestupidenough tobelievehim!他滔滔不绝地胡乱吹嘘了一通，人们竟然蠢得相信了他！
I really don'twanttolistento Mike spoutingon/offallafternoon.我实在不想听迈克喋喋不休地唠叨整整一下午。
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- word salad
- yak
spoutverb(FLOW)
[I+ adv/prep,T]
tofloworsendoutliquidorflamesquicklyand withforce, in astraightline:
喷出，喷射；喷涌出Flames spouted(out)from theoilwells.油井中喷出了火焰。
Thegashwas spoutingblood.伤口血如泉涌。
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leakage
- ripple
- run a bathphrase
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- spit
- swill
- swirl
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
spout
noun[C]
uk/spaʊt/us/spaʊt/spoutnoun[C](OPENING)
a tube-shapedopeningthatallowsliquidsto bepouredout of acontainer
（容器的）嘴
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Edges & extremities of objects
- -rimmed
- apex
- apical
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brow
- circumference
- edge
- foot
- front
- palm-fringed
- perimeter
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- rimless
- tip
- vertex
spoutnoun[C](FLOW)
astreamofliquidcoming out of something with someforce:
喷水；喷出A spout ofwatershotout of thegeyser.一股水流从间歇泉中喷涌而出。
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leakage
- ripple
- run a bathphrase
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- spit
- swill
- swirl
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
Idiom
up the spout