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spit

/spit/US // spɪt //UK // (spɪt) //

吐口水,吐痰,吐出,吐口气

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v.无主动词 verb
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    spit or spat, spit·ting.

    • : to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
    • : to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth.
    • : to sputter: grease spitting on the fire.
    • : to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain or snow.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spit or spat, spit·ting.

    • : to eject from the mouth: The children were spitting watermelon seeds over the fence.
    • : to throw out or emit like saliva: The kettle spits boiling water over the stove.
    • : to set a flame to.
n.名词 noun
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    • : saliva, especially when ejected.
    • : the act of spitting.
    • : Entomology.Also called spittle . the frothy secretion exuded by spittlebugs.
    • : a light fall of rain or snow.
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    • : spit up, to vomit; throw up: The wounded soldier spat up blood. If you jostle the baby, she'll spit up.

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Examples

  • Orient Beach State Park, a 363-acre spit of land jutting out into Gardiner’s Bay, is one of the few North Fork beaches that doesn’t require a residential parking permit.

  • He bought an aquarium, an electric motor, a heating element, a metal spit rod and a few other spare parts and began to tinker.

  • Pitchers put spit or other substances on the ball to make their pitches dip and swerve so they would be harder to hit.

  • I bring a lot of masks in my backpack because I don’t like when my mask gets wet from spit.

  • They help filter or block spit or mucus droplets that carry infectious particles.

  • Qatar is just a little spit of land that looks like a polyp on edge of Saudi Arabia.

  • So he and his partner, Zack Simpson, did what they do so well: started spit-balling some game theory around politics.

  • I breathed sloppily through my mouth, hung my head between my legs, and spit every so often.

  • We still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically since the post Vietnam syndrome when Vets were spit on.

  • Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.

  • Many gallants 'took' their tobacco in the lords room over the stage, and went out to (Saint) Paul's to spit there privately.

  • When used by gentlemen it was common to carry a silver basin to spit in.

  • They are permitted to throw the leavings of their food and spit where they like, sit how they like and smoke everywhere.

  • Fergan, as well as his companions, curious to know the purpose of the stake and spit, followed the priest.

  • Sirs, this is but a temporary dispensation; this is but a puff of wind, this is but a spit of rain and by with it.