spout

spout
noun
  1. a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured
    （盛液体的容器的）嘴
    a teapot with a chipped spout.
    壶嘴有缺口的茶壶。
    ■a pipe or trough through which water may be carried away or from which it can flow out
    出水管，排水沟
    ■a sloping trough for conveying something to a lower level; a chute
    （由高向低的）运货斜槽，滑槽，滑道
    ■(historical)a lift in a pawnshop used to convey pawned items up for storage
    (史)（当铺中将抵押品传送到存放处的）升降车
  2. a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force
    （急速喷出的）水流，水柱
    the tall spouts of geysers.
    间歇性喷泉所喷出的高水柱。
    ■the plume of water vapour ejected from the blowhole of a whale
    （鲸鱼从呼吸孔中喷出的）水柱
    the spout of an occasional whale.
    偶尔游过的鲸鱼喷出的水柱。
verb
[withobj.]
  1. send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream
    喷出（液体）
    volcanoes spouted ash and lava.
    火山喷发出火山灰和熔岩。
    ■[no obj., with adverbial](of a liquid) flow out of somewhere in such a way
    （液体）喷出
    blood was spouting from the cuts on my hand.
    鲜血从我手上的伤口涌出来。
    ■(of a whale or dolphin) eject (water vapour and air) through its blowhole
    （鲸鱼，海豚）从呼吸孔中喷出水柱
  2. express (one's views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way
    滔滔不绝地讲，喋喋不休地说
    he was spouting platitudes about our furry friends.
    他喋喋不休地讲着有关我们猫儿狗儿朋友的那一套老生常谈。
常用词组
put something up the spout
  1. (Brit. informal, dated)pawn something
    (英，非正式，旧)典当东西
up the spout
(Brit. informal) (英，非正式)
  1. no longer working or likely to be useful or successful
    失效，报废；成功无望
  2. (of a woman) pregnant
    （女人）怀孕
  3. (of a bullet or cartridge) in the barrel of a gun and ready to be fired
    （子弹，弹药筒）上膛
派生
spouted
adjective
spouter
noun
spoutless
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spȳta 'to spit'
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