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spouting 音標拼音: [sp'ɑʊtɪŋ] 噴注 噴注 spouting adj 1: propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [ synonym: { jetting}, { spouting}, { spurting}, { squirting}] Spout \ Spout\ ( spout), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Spouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Spouting}.] [ Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D. spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt, sprit, v., sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the mouth.] 1. To throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an orifice or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk. [ 1913 Webster] Who kept Jonas in the fish' s maw Till he was spouted up at Ninivee? -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . . He spouts the tide. -- Creech. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. [ 1913 Webster] Pray, spout some French, son. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch. [ Cant] [ 1913 Webster]
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