1. | (容器的)嘴a pipe or tube on a container, that you can pour liquid out through |
the spout of a teapot 茶壶嘴 |
2. | (喷出的)水柱,液体柱a stream of liquid coming out of somewhere with great force |
Well, that's my holiday plans gone up the spout! 唉,我的休假计划全泡汤了! |
Well, that's my holiday plans gone up the spout! 唉,我的休假计划全泡汤了! |
1. | [t][i] 喷出;喷射to send out sth, especially a liquid, in a stream with great force; to come out of sth in this way |
The wound was still spouting blood. 伤口还在喷血。 | |
Clear water spouted from the fountains. 清澈的水从喷泉中喷射出来。 |
2. | [i] 喷水to send out a stream of water from a hole in its head |
3. | [i][t] (informal) 滔滔不绝地说;喋喋不休地说to speak a lot about sth; to repeat sth in a boring or annoying way |
He's always spouting off about being a vegetarian. 他老把自己吃素挂在嘴边。 | |
What are you spouting on about now? 你这会儿又在唠叨什么呢? | |
He could spout poetry for hours. 他聊起诗来一聊就是半天。 | |
She could do nothing but spout insults. 她只会没完没了地骂人。 |