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| 1 | I to force some of the clear liquid called saliva out from your mouth 吐唾沫；吐痰 |
| Dino leaned over and spat on the ground. 蒂诺探身把痰吐在地上。 |
| The woman spat and shouted insults as they passed by. 他们路过时那个女人吐着唾沫，大声地谩骂着。 |
| | 1a | T to force something such as food or drink out from your mouth , especially because it is unpleasant or harmful 吐出（食物、饮料等） | | Kerry spat the sauce back onto her plate. 克里把沙司吐回到盘子上。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to make a series of quick loud noises, especially when forcing small pieces of something into the air 发出噼啪声；（使）迸溅 |
| The machine spat chips of wood onto the ground. 机器把木片噼啪地甩到地上。 |
| mud spitting from the tyres of our bikes 从我们自行车车胎上甩出的泥浆 |
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| 3 | I/T usually progressive BRITISH to rain just a little 下小雨 |
| It’ s just spitting. 只不过在下小雨。 |
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| 4 | spit T mainly literary to say something quickly and angrily 快速而愤怒地说出 |
| Politicians spat insults at each other during the debate. 在辩论中政客们气冲冲地相互辱骂。 |
| PHRASE |
| - | within spitting distance (of sth) mainly spoken
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| next to or extremely near something |
| 离得非常近；极近 |
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| I work within spitting distance of the museum. 我工作的地方离博物馆非常近。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˈspit at |
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| | spit at sb: to force saliva out of your mouth in the direction of someone else as an insult （侮辱性地）朝（某人）吐唾沫 | That kid just spat at me! 那个小孩刚刚朝我吐唾沫！ | |
| - | ˌspit ˈout |
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| 1 | spit1 1a | Babies are always spitting their food out. 婴儿总是把食物吐出来。 | |
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| 2 | spit1 4 | ‘Is that it – money?’ She spat the word out. 说的是不是“钱”？她咬牙切齿地说出了这个字。 | |
| | - | spit it out
| | used for telling someone to hurry and say something when they are too nervous or embarrassed to say it | | 要讲什么就爽快地讲出来吧 | | | | | |
| - | ˌspit ˈup |
| PHRASAL VB AMERICANINFORMAL |
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| | if a baby or animal spits up , or if it spits something up , it brings a small amount of food back up from its stomach and out of its mouth （婴儿或动物）咯，吐，呕吐 |
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