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spout

/spout/US // spaʊt //UK // (spaʊt) //

喷嘴,喷出口,喷出,喷出器

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to emit or discharge forcibly in a stream or jet.
    • : Informal. to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner: He spouted his theories on foreign policy for the better part of the night.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to discharge, as a liquid, in a jet or continuous stream.
    • : to issue forth with force, as liquid or other material through a narrow orifice.
    • : Informal. to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
    • : a trough or shoot for discharging or conveying grain, flour, etc.
    • : a waterspout.
    • : a continuous stream of liquid, granulated substance, etc., discharged from or as if from a pipe, tube, shoot, etc.
    • : a spring of water.
    • : a downpour or fall, especially of water, from a high place; waterfall.
    • : a dumbwaiter or chute, formerly common in pawnbrokers' shops, by which articles pawned were sent to another floor for storage.
    • : British Slang. pawnshop.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Electric milk frothers come in pitcher-like designs with a spout and handle, as well as single-piece designs the size of a food processor.

  • The third option, a gravity-fed water fountain, features a large water container with a filter in the spout that feeds water into a basin via a valve.

  • These adjustments came after the tongue missed unseen or distant droplets, or when the spout was unexpectedly retracted a millimeter or more.

  • Jerry cans can be carried either standing up vertically, or on their back, so long as the angled fuel spout remains on top, and this holder allows for either orientation.

  • After 15 or 20 minutes of compression — this is the thrilling part — you empty the excess water from a spout at the top of the box.

  • Meaning, Williams has basically previously displayed his willingness to spout government propaganda in exchange for cash.

  • Displayed proudly on the bar top is a beautifully crafted, four-spout absinthe fountain filled with slowly melting ice.

  • The spout was almost universally believed to be a sign of the apocalypse.

  • If the spout was air and not water, then there was no necessary reason for it to be confined to seas and oceans.

  • So this meant that the solid appearance of the spout had to be an illusion.

  • I saw something of the same sort on the hills, and expected to see St. Helena spout flames.

  • The upper right hand object is furnished with a spout, and an opening for replenishing the vessel.

  • Accident made us meet with the seigneur count shortly before the sand-spout burst upon us.

  • At the entrance doors there are two curious pieces of wood exactly like spout heads.

  • Entries relating to the “spout or water engine” are frequent in their records.