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spout/spaʊt/ n. & v.●n. 1a a projecting tube or lip through which a liquid etc. is poured from a teapot, kettle, jug, etc., or issues from a fountain, pump, etc. (茶壶、烧水壶、水壶等的)壶嘴；(喷泉、水泵等的)喷口，喷嘴 b a sloping trough down which a thing may be shot into a receptacle 槽，斜槽 c hist. a lift serving a pawnbroker's storeroom [史义] (典当铺的)吊车 2 a jet or column of liquid, grain, etc. 液流，谷物流 3 (in full 全称 spout-hole) a whale's blowhole (see 见 BLOWHOLE 1) (鲸的)喷水孔 ●v. tr. & intr. 1 discharge or issue forcibly in a jet 喷出，喷射 2 utter (verses etc.) or speak in a declamatory manner, speechify 滔滔不绝地讲，喋喋不休地说 □ up the spout Brit. slang [英] [俚语] 1 useless, ruined, hopeless 无用的，毁坏了的；无可救药的 2 pawned 被典当掉的 3 pregnant 怀孕的 □ spouter n.□ spoutless adj.[Middle English from Middle Dutch spouten, originally imitative] |