spitting
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been forced out of someone's mouth. 口水
A trickle of spit collected at the corner of her mouth. 一小股口水積聚在了她的嘴角。
2. V-I If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt. 吐唾沫
The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit. 那個(gè)團(tuán)伙也想到揍他，但決定只朝他吐唾沫。
They spat at me and taunted me. 他們又朝我吐唾沫又嘲弄我。
3. V to utter (short sharp words or syllables), esp in a violent manner 粗暴地講(短句或音節(jié))
4. V to rain very lightly 下毛毛細(xì)雨
5. V-T If you spit liquid or food somewhere, you force a small amount of it out of your mouth. 吐出
Spit out that gum and pay attention. 吐掉那口香糖，專(zhuān)心點(diǎn)。
6. N-COUNT A spit is a long rod which is pushed through a piece of meat and hung over an open fire to cook the meat. 烤肉扦子
She roasted the meat on a spit. 她在烤肉扦子上烤了那塊肉。
7. N the depth of earth cut by a spade; a spade's depth 一鐵鍬深的土; 一鐵鍬深
8. PHRASE If you say that one person is the spitting image of another, you mean that they look very similar. 與某人簡(jiǎn)直一模一樣[非正式]
Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek. 尼娜看上去簡(jiǎn)直和茜茜?斯派塞克一模一樣。
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