spill

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spill1 /spɪl/ S3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp spilt /spɪlt/ especially British EnglishBrE or spilled especially American EnglishAmE)

[intransitiveI, transitiveT]POUR if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container （使）〔液体〕溢出[泼洒，溅出] → pour

Katie almost spilled her milk.

凯蒂差点把牛奶洒出来。

spill something down/on/over something

Oh no! I’ve spilt coffee all down my shirt!

糟糕，我把咖啡洒得满衬衫都是！

spill on/over etc

He slipped and the wine spilled all over the carpet.

他脚下一滑，酒洒了一地毯。

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO if people or things spill out of somewhere, they move or fall out in large numbers 〔人群或物品〕涌出 SYN pour

spill out/into/onto etc

Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street.

人群从戏院里出来，涌到街上。

3. spill the beans informalTELL A SECRET to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret 泄露秘密，走漏风声

Examples from the Corpus

spill the beans• "Does Phillip know about our plan?" "Yes, someone must have spilled the beans."• You know, spill the beans.• The class managed to keep the party a secret until Lorraine, unable to control herself any longer, spilled the beans.• Come off it, Rosie, spill the beans.• Come on, spill the beans.• He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis hadn't, after all, spilled the beans.• Someone spilled the beans about Rick's surprise party.• Ludicrously, advance accounts of this novel are cheerfully spilling the beans about the rest of the plot.• They spill the beans, exposing the practice for what it is.• He had not been on the verge of spilling the beans - people just die, that's all.

4. spill your guts American EnglishAmE informalADMIT to tell someone all about your private life, or about a personal secret 把私生活[个人秘密]全部告诉某人

Examples from the Corpus

spill your guts• Rob let Al talk until he finally spilled his guts about his affair with Louise.• Albert let Rob run on till he spilled his guts, but Loulse probed.

5. spill blood literaryKILL to kill or wound people 杀人；伤人

Examples from the Corpus

spill blood• The execution chair was designed with splatter guards to capture spilled blood.• People throw bricks, fight cops, disrupt Sunday services in churches, and spill blood all over the floor.• A number of the men feared the spilled blood, but the rest of the men laughed at them.• Internal haemorrhaging spills blood into the stomach, and this causes a telltale black vomit.• You do not spill blood on your own carpet.

6 spill into/onto something phrasal verbphr v literary if light spills onto or into something, it shines through a window, door, hole etc onto something else 〔光线从窗、门、洞等处〕洒进，照进

The morning light spilled into the room.

晨光洒进了房间。

Examples from the Corpus

spill into/onto • Scores of shoppers and traders watched the fight spill on to the road stopping traffic.• The blood spilled on to the earth under the tree.• This would look appropriate in a rustic or upland garden with plants allowed to grow and spill on to the steps.• I let the coins spill into my palm and tossed a handful of them at the open safe.• But the reward for setting off early is the sight of dawn breaking over the South Rim and spilling into the Canyon.• From those windows, too, spectacular sunsets spilled into the hospital rooms.• They also minimized the risk of infection caused by faecal matter accidentally spilling into the peritoneal cavity during the operation.• They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.

7 spill over phrasal verbphr v SPREADif a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people etc 〔问题或坏情况〕蔓延，扩散

into

The conflict might spill over into neighbouring towns.

这场冲突可能会波及邻近城镇。

Examples from the Corpus

spill over• Government chiefs are worried that the refugee problem might spill over from neighboring countries.• It is easy to allow personal emotions to spill over into your work.

spill into• After the hearing, the differences between Thresher and Thomas spilled over into a confrontation in a courthouse hallway.• Some of this thought spills over into adolescent behavior, and we often see the adolescent in the role of reformer.• Inhibition Inhibition is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour.• Love and joy seemed to explode inside her, threatening to spill over into cries of happiness.• But we do all recognise that without that balance, in certain instances, absolutism can easily spill over into extremism.• The prosperity is spilling over into other businesses, too.• There is a steady current of physicality in their play which sometimes spills over into outright violence.• When you permit these legitimate concerns to spill over into your work performance, your career often suffers.• The conflict in Rwanda eventually spilled over into Zaire.

→ cry over spilt milk at cry1(3)

Examples from the Corpus

spill• A tanker has run aground, spilling 60,000 gallons of oil into the sea.• Aaron spilled all the popcorn on the floor.• People spill back across the empty space of moonlight, and the dancers' faces merge with the crowd.• Q.. The oil man spilled heating oil on light-gray semitransparent stained clapboards.• I had to handle it carefully to keep from spilling it on myself.• Careful - you'll spill it!• I almost spilled my coffee.• Oops, I just spilled my water.• Such conflicts spilled over into the immediate postwar phase.• There are also times when we allow conflicts away from work to spill over into the workplace and harm our careers.• Someone had spilled red wine all over the carpet.• "How was the party?" "OK, but some idiot spilled wine all over my new dress."

spill on/over etc• And the emotion surrounding this year's event spilled over.• Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over.• He also said a 2,000-gallon oil spill on Harbor Island in Seattle had been contained on land.• But referee Ed Morrison's leniency led to bad blood spilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge.• Guilt Guilt is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour.• The Turtle moves through the 11-foot mark in town and spills over its banks.• In another moment, blood is being spilled on the corporate carpets as a ticket manager named Andrew Follon is fired.• Moments later, they swung open, spilling over with an abundance to feed all who were hungry.

spill out/into/onto etc• Then he gently shook the urn, so that the contents would spill out.• Today, many stores have facades that look like tourist shops anyway, the goods spilling on to the sidewalks.• The sense of violence and anger, together with passionate interest, spilled out all over the place.• The facts, which spilled out in no particular order, revealed the flip side of the fairytale.• When we spilled out into the street a few minutes later, it was in a kind of glow.• The questions spilled out of her.• By Friday morning, trash is spilling out of the cans and on to the ground.• In summer the family spills out on to an adjoining sun-trap patio.

spill2 noun

1 [countableC, uncountableU]POUR when you spill something, or an amount of something that is spilled 洒出（量），溢出（量）

the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands

设得兰群岛南端附近海域大量的溢油

2 [countableC]FALL a fall from a horse, bicycle etc 〔从马、自行车等上的〕摔落

Tyson broke a rib when he took a spill on his motorcycle.

泰森从摩托车上摔下来，断了一根肋骨。

Examples from the Corpus

spill• But it needs constant care and attention, and spills show up on it very easily.• The Gulf spill first appeared as a slick in a satellite photograph taken at the end of March.• Much use will be made of the full-cut-off lanterns, which reduce the minimum spill of light outside the highway boundaries.• This will facilitate the removal of surplus glue or spills.• Although the spill is the largest single oil accident in the Gulf, the waters are no strangers to pollution.• Two-person teams used to inspect fire systems and respond to spills and other emergencies in three 8-hour shifts per day.

took ... spill• Tyler broke his arm when he took a spill on his motorcycle.

Origin spill1

Old English spillan “to kill, destroy, waste”

spill2

(1800-1900) → SPILL1

单词	spill
释义	spill Word family nounspillagespillerspillingspilthspilloverspillwayspillikinverbspill spill1 /spɪl/ ●●● S3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp spilt /spɪlt/ especially British EnglishBrE or spilled especially American EnglishAmE) 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]POUR if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container （使）〔液体〕溢出[泼洒，溅出] → pour Katie almost spilled her milk. 凯蒂差点把牛奶洒出来。 spill something down/on/over something Oh no! I’ve spilt coffee all down my shirt! 糟糕，我把咖啡洒得满衬衫都是！ spill on/over etc He slipped and the wine spilled all over the carpet. 他脚下一滑，酒洒了一地毯。 2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO if people or things spill out of somewhere, they move or fall out in large numbers 〔人群或物品〕涌出 SYN pour spill out/into/onto etc Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street. 人群从戏院里出来，涌到街上。 3. spill the beans informalTELL A SECRET to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret 泄露秘密，走漏风声 Examples from the Corpus spill the beans• "Does Phillip know about our plan?" "Yes, someone must have spilled the beans."• You know, spill the beans.• The class managed to keep the party a secret until Lorraine, unable to control herself any longer, spilled the beans.• Come off it, Rosie, spill the beans.• Come on, spill the beans.• He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis hadn't, after all, spilled the beans.• Someone spilled the beans about Rick's surprise party.• Ludicrously, advance accounts of this novel are cheerfully spilling the beans about the rest of the plot.• They spill the beans, exposing the practice for what it is.• He had not been on the verge of spilling the beans - people just die, that's all. 4. spill your guts American EnglishAmE informalADMIT to tell someone all about your private life, or about a personal secret 把私生活[个人秘密]全部告诉某人 Examples from the Corpus spill your guts• Rob let Al talk until he finally spilled his guts about his affair with Louise.• Albert let Rob run on till he spilled his guts, but Loulse probed. 5. spill blood literaryKILL to kill or wound people 杀人；伤人 Examples from the Corpus spill blood• The execution chair was designed with splatter guards to capture spilled blood.• People throw bricks, fight cops, disrupt Sunday services in churches, and spill blood all over the floor.• A number of the men feared the spilled blood, but the rest of the men laughed at them.• Internal haemorrhaging spills blood into the stomach, and this causes a telltale black vomit.• You do not spill blood on your own carpet. 6 spill into/onto something phrasal verbphr v literary if light spills onto or into something, it shines through a window, door, hole etc onto something else 〔光线从窗、门、洞等处〕洒进，照进 The morning light spilled into the room. 晨光洒进了房间。 Examples from the Corpus spill into/onto • Scores of shoppers and traders watched the fight spill on to the road stopping traffic.• The blood spilled on to the earth under the tree.• This would look appropriate in a rustic or upland garden with plants allowed to grow and spill on to the steps.• I let the coins spill into my palm and tossed a handful of them at the open safe.• But the reward for setting off early is the sight of dawn breaking over the South Rim and spilling into the Canyon.• From those windows, too, spectacular sunsets spilled into the hospital rooms.• They also minimized the risk of infection caused by faecal matter accidentally spilling into the peritoneal cavity during the operation.• They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome. 7 spill over phrasal verbphr v SPREADif a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people etc 〔问题或坏情况〕蔓延，扩散 into The conflict might spill over into neighbouring towns. 这场冲突可能会波及邻近城镇。 Examples from the Corpus spill over• Government chiefs are worried that the refugee problem might spill over from neighboring countries.• It is easy to allow personal emotions to spill over into your work. spill into• After the hearing, the differences between Thresher and Thomas spilled over into a confrontation in a courthouse hallway.• Some of this thought spills over into adolescent behavior, and we often see the adolescent in the role of reformer.• Inhibition Inhibition is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour.• Love and joy seemed to explode inside her, threatening to spill over into cries of happiness.• But we do all recognise that without that balance, in certain instances, absolutism can easily spill over into extremism.• The prosperity is spilling over into other businesses, too.• There is a steady current of physicality in their play which sometimes spills over into outright violence.• When you permit these legitimate concerns to spill over into your work performance, your career often suffers.• The conflict in Rwanda eventually spilled over into Zaire. → cry over spilt milk at cry1(3) Examples from the Corpus spill• A tanker has run aground, spilling 60,000 gallons of oil into the sea.• Aaron spilled all the popcorn on the floor.• People spill back across the empty space of moonlight, and the dancers' faces merge with the crowd.• Q.. The oil man spilled heating oil on light-gray semitransparent stained clapboards.• I had to handle it carefully to keep from spilling it on myself.• Careful - you'll spill it!• I almost spilled my coffee.• Oops, I just spilled my water.• Such conflicts spilled over into the immediate postwar phase.• There are also times when we allow conflicts away from work to spill over into the workplace and harm our careers.• Someone had spilled red wine all over the carpet.• "How was the party?" "OK, but some idiot spilled wine all over my new dress." spill on/over etc• And the emotion surrounding this year's event spilled over.• Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over.• He also said a 2,000-gallon oil spill on Harbor Island in Seattle had been contained on land.• But referee Ed Morrison's leniency led to bad blood spilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge.• Guilt Guilt is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour.• The Turtle moves through the 11-foot mark in town and spills over its banks.• In another moment, blood is being spilled on the corporate carpets as a ticket manager named Andrew Follon is fired.• Moments later, they swung open, spilling over with an abundance to feed all who were hungry. spill out/into/onto etc• Then he gently shook the urn, so that the contents would spill out.• Today, many stores have facades that look like tourist shops anyway, the goods spilling on to the sidewalks.• The sense of violence and anger, together with passionate interest, spilled out all over the place.• The facts, which spilled out in no particular order, revealed the flip side of the fairytale.• When we spilled out into the street a few minutes later, it was in a kind of glow.• The questions spilled out of her.• By Friday morning, trash is spilling out of the cans and on to the ground.• In summer the family spills out on to an adjoining sun-trap patio. spill2 noun 1 [countableC, uncountableU]POUR when you spill something, or an amount of something that is spilled 洒出（量），溢出（量） the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands 设得兰群岛南端附近海域大量的溢油 2 [countableC]FALL a fall from a horse, bicycle etc 〔从马、自行车等上的〕摔落 Tyson broke a rib when he took a spill on his motorcycle. 泰森从摩托车上摔下来，断了一根肋骨。 Examples from the Corpus spill• But it needs constant care and attention, and spills show up on it very easily.• The Gulf spill first appeared as a slick in a satellite photograph taken at the end of March.• Much use will be made of the full-cut-off lanterns, which reduce the minimum spill of light outside the highway boundaries.• This will facilitate the removal of surplus glue or spills.• Although the spill is the largest single oil accident in the Gulf, the waters are no strangers to pollution.• Two-person teams used to inspect fire systems and respond to spills and other emergencies in three 8-hour shifts per day. took ... spill• Tyler broke his arm when he took a spill on his motorcycle. Origin spill1 Old English spillan “to kill, destroy, waste” spill2 (1800-1900) → SPILL1
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