新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

spit

英  [spɪt]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • spits

    1[U 不可数名词] 口水

    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.

    近义词

    saliva

    双语例句

    例:

    A trickle of spit collected at the corner of her mouth.

    她嘴角有口水。

    2[C 可数名词] 烤肉扦子

    A spit is a long rod which is pushed through a piece of meat and hung over an open fire to cook the meat.

    双语例句

    例:

    She roasted the meat on a spit.

    她用烤肉扦子烤肉。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • spitting image

    1与某人简直一模一样

    If you say that one person is the spitting image of another, you mean that they look very similar.

    双语例句

    例:

    Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek.

    尼娜看上去简直和茜茜•斯派塞克一模一样。

    VERB. 动词
  • spits , spitting , spit , spat

    1[I 不及物动词] 吐唾沫

    If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt.

    双语例句

    例:

    The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit.

    那伙人也想要揍他,但最后只是啐了他一口。

    例:

    They spat at me and taunted me.

    他们朝我吐唾沫,还嘲笑我。

    2[T 及物动词] 吐出

    If you spit liquid or food somewhere, you force a small amount of it out of your mouth.

    双语例句

    例:

    Spit out that gum and pay attention.

    吐掉那口香糖,专心点。