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spout OPENINGspaJtn [C]a tube-shaped opening which allows liquids to be poured out of a container管道，喷口，(容器的)嘴This teapot has a chipped spout.这个茶壶有个带缺口的嘴。(Br slang) If a woman is up the spout she is pregnant.怀孕(Br and Aus slang) Up the spout also means wasted or spoiled.浪费，毁坏，损坏We'd had the car mended just before he crashed it so that was a few hundred pounds up the spout.我们的车修好之后，他却又把车给撞了，这真是白白浪费了几百英镑。Peter lost his job so that was our holiday plans up the spout.彼德丢了工作，我们的假期也因此而毁了。
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