1
- a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured（盛液体的容器的）嘴：
a teapot with a chipped spout.
壶嘴有缺口的茶壶。
1.1
- a pipe or trough through which water may be carried away or from which it can flow out出水管, 排水沟。
1.2
- a sloping trough for conveying something to a lower level; a chute（由高向低的）运货斜槽, 滑槽, 滑道。
1.3
- historical a lift in a pawnshop used to convey pawned items up for storage〈史〉（当铺中将抵押品传送到存放处的）升降车。
2
- a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force（急速喷出的）水流, 水柱：
the tall spouts of geysers.
间歇性喷泉所喷出的高水柱。
2.1
- the plume of water vapour ejected from the blowhole of a whale（鲸鱼从呼吸孔中喷出的）水柱：
the spout of an occasional whale.
偶尔游过的鲸鱼喷出的水柱。
with obj.
1
- send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream喷出（液体）：
volcanoes spouted ash and lava.
火山喷发出火山灰和熔岩。
1.1
- no obj., with adverbial(of a liquid) flow out of somewhere in such a way（液体）喷出：
blood was spouting from the cuts on my hand.
鲜血从我手上的伤口涌出来。
1.2
- (of a whale or dolphin) eject (water vapour and air) through its blowhole（鲸鱼, 海豚）从呼吸孔中喷出水柱。
2
- express (one's views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way滔滔不绝地讲, 喋喋不休地说：
he was spouting platitudes about our furry friends.
他喋喋不休地讲着有关我们猫儿狗儿朋友的那一套老生常谈。
短语
put something up the spout
- Brit. informal, dated pawn something〈英, 非正式, 旧〉典当东西。
up the spout
Brit. informal <英, 非正式>
1
- no longer working or likely to be useful or successful失效的, 报废的; 成功无望。
2
- (of a woman) pregnant（女人）怀孕的。
3
- (of a bullet or cartridge) in the barrel of a gun and ready to be fired（子弹, 弹药筒）上了膛的。
派生词
spouted
adjectivespouter
nounspoutless
adjective词源
Middle English (as a verb)： from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spta 'to spit'.