| 词汇 | spluttered |
| 释义 | spluttered past simple and past participle ofsplutter splutter verb uk /ˈsplʌt.ər/ us /ˈsplʌt̬.ɚ/ [ I or T ] to speak in a quick and confused way, producing short, unclear noises because of surprise, anger, etc.: （因惊讶、愤怒等）语无伦次地说;发出嘟囔声;发出噼啪声 [ + speech ]"But, er ... when, um, ... how?" he spluttered.“但是，呃……什么时候，嗯……怎样？”他语无伦次地说道。 The old gentleman was spluttering with indignation.那位老先生愤怒地嘟囔着什么。 He sputtered an apology about being 14 minutes late. [ I ] (of a person) to produce short, unclear noises from your mouth, especially because you cannot breathe properly: Gasping, choking, spluttering, she struggled to escape. She took too big a gulp of whisky and started to cough and splutter. [ I ] (of an engine or machine) to make a series of short, unclear noises: One of the engines spluttered as if it was short of fuel. I can hear a coffee machine spluttering away. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither chirp come out coo prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic throw your voiceidiom trash turn of phrase witter You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing Sounds made by humans with their mouths Sounds made by objects, movement or impact Examples of splutteredspluttered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Substratum heaved and spluttered with the primal energy of a pool of lava and as little a sense of direction. He was embarrassed, spluttered apologies and started to back away from me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even so, the writing was on the wall as the economy lost impetus and the boom spluttered to stagnation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I spluttered something about being a professional person, to which he asked what a professional housewife like me was doing being a mayor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By implication—indeed, he spluttered it out explicitly—his forecast is that they will be much larger communities than they are today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bright flame has spluttered and fizzled out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It spluttered and went out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thus, for a while, the issue burned brightly and then it spluttered and died, and the civil servants put away their files with a sigh of relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the third approach, the starboard engine spluttered and stopped, followed shortly after by the port engine. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We spluttered our way through it bravely but gleefully. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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