splutter — 英語辞典

名詞

1. A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.

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   • 可算

   例文

   a splutter of water from a pipe

   その他の例文 (3)

   [He] broke down a slap, as he called it, in a dry stone fence, and lugged the unresisting animal [a horse] through the breach, about a rood of the simple masonry giving way in the splutter with which he passed.

   As certain liquors, confined in casks too cramped in their dimensions, will ferment, and fret, and chafe in their imprisonment, so the spiritual essence or soul of Mr. Tappertit would sometimes fume within that precious cask, his body, until, with great foam and froth and splutter, it would force a vent, and carry all before it.

   There was a flicker of matches as they were applied to the fuses, and then a splutter of sparks. An instant later it seemed as if the whole heavens had been lighted up.

2. A forceful choking or spitting sound.

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3. A noisy commotion.

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   • 比喩的

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   その他の例文 (2)

   But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a splutter have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.

   [M]y ways of out-of-the-wayness were by no means quiet, but perpetually firing up under their feet in little splutters and spitfires of the most appalling heresy; […]

4. A disagreement or dispute.

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   • 可算
   • 比喩的

   同義語

   controversy

5. Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.

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   • 比喩的
   • 不可算

   同義語

   sputter

   例文

   a splutter of rage from the old man

動詞

1. To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.

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   • 他動詞

2. To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.

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   • 他動詞

3. To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).

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   • 比喩的
   • 他動詞

   例文

   There has been much spluttering about the prince’s use of ‘Americanisms’ in a letter to Emmanuel Macron, but the truth is more complicated[.]

4. Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.

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   • 比喩的
   • 他動詞

   同義語

   sputter

   例文

   その他の例文 (1)

   Alas, for the expectations of man! His hopes are like the fruits of that melancholy shore, where death appears to live and life to die. He biteth, and spluttereth forth the unsavoury and abominable deception.

5. Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.

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   • 自動詞

   同義語

   sputter

   例文

   その他の例文 (1)

   [H]e at once stepped into the stationer's shop, and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt-edged letter-paper, and a hard-nibbed pen which could be warranted not to splutter.

   You see if my pen doesn't splutter, Polly, the moment I address Richard Paulette.

   その他の例文 (2)

   The log on the fire spluttered and sent a cloud of sparks up the chimney, and shadows of the bell-ringers started up on the walls and disappeared in the intricacies of the roof.

   I grieve for lack of wit and store of words to tell the doings patly, for my pen halteth and spluttereth sadly; but I doubt if even a pen from a quill of the Raven could limn them suitably.

   The old-fashioned pen spluttered and scratched as he wrote.

6. Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles. To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.

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   • 自動詞

7. Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.

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   • 自動詞

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   その他の例文 (1)

   Suddenly a beautiful delf blue-and-white flower-pot, which had been set on the window-sill of an upper storey, fell to the ground with a crash, and the fragments spluttered up around my father's legs.

8. To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.

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   • 自動詞

   例文

   So you may see Jobson on such occasions, […] puffing, strutting, and spluttering, to get the justice put in motion, […]

9. Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).

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   • 自動詞

10. To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.

    用法

    • 比喩的
    • 自動詞

    同義語

    sputter

    例文

    If thou splutterest so, thou wilt drop out thy teeth; that is, if they be thine, which I for one doubt!

    He was in such a rage that his tongue clave to the roof of his mouth. He could not even swear. He could only splutter.

11. To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.

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    • 比喩的
    • 自動詞

    例文

    その他の例文 (1)

    Manchester City, Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester United come next for Wolves in the Premier League but [Mick] McCarthy's men will fear no one after beating Chelsea for the first time in 18 years, while [Carlo] Ancelotti has much to ponder as his players continue to splutter.

間投詞

1. A minced oath expressing anger or wonder, usually attributed to Welsh people: 'sblood.

   用法

   • 廃語

   例文

   I vvill ſhevv him that I vvas not bred at Oxford for nothing.—Splutter! I vvill ſhevv him my head is good for ſomething elſe beſides preaching.

   Here he vvas interrupted vvith, "Splutter and oons! you louſy tog, vvho do you call my maſter?[…]."

名詞

1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

   同義語

   spatterspatteringsplattersplatteringsputtersputtering

   上位語

   noise

   例文

   he heard a spatter of gunfire

2. an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

   同義語

   sputter

   上位語

   utterancevocalization

動詞

1. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

   同義語

   sputter

   上位語

   utteremitlet outlet loose

2. spit up in an explosive manner

   同義語

   sputterspit out

   上位語

   expectoratecough upcough outspit upspit out