sputter

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sputters

1.
(countable, uncountable)Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Confused and hasty speech.

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verb

V_es/s

sputters

V_ing/Gerund

sputtering

V_ed/pp

sputtered

1.
(intransitive)To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2.
(ambitransitive)To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
3.
(ambitransitive)To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
4.
(intransitive)(physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
5.
(transitive)(physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.

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Nguồn gốc từ

Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (to spout, vomit), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with spüttern, sputterje to sputter, sputteren to sputter, sputtern, spruttern (to sprinkle), sprudeln. Compare splutter.