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N-UNCOUNT
唾液，唾沫(常指唾沫星子)
Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been forced out of someone's mouth.
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VERB
吐唾沫(常表示憎恨或輕蔑)
If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt.
例句
The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit...
那伙人也想過要揍他，但最后只是啐了他一口。
They spat at me and taunted me...
他們朝我吐唾沫，還嘲笑我。
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VERB
吐出(少量液體或食物)
If you spit liquid or food somewhere, you force a small amount of it out of your mouth.
例句
Spit out that gum and pay attention...
把那塊口香糖吐出來，注意聽。
He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes...
他感覺就像有一條蛇朝自己的雙眼里噴射了毒液。
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VERB
(機器) 噼啪作響;(煮著的食物)畢剝作響
If something such as a machine or food that is cooking spits, it sends out small amounts of something, making a series of short, sharp noises.
例句
The engine spat and banged.
發動機發出劈啪聲，接著是砰的一聲響。
...the fire where pork chops were sizzling and spitting.
把豬排烤得嗞嗞啦啦響的爐火
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VERB
(咬牙切齒地)憤憤說出
If someone spits an insult or comment, they say it in an angry or hostile way.
例句
'Wait a damn minute,' Mindy spat. 'Nobody said anything about staying overnight.'...
“該死的，等一下”，明迪憤憤地說道，“誰也沒說過要過夜?！?/i>
Cramer spat an obscenity.
克拉默憤憤地罵了一句臟話。
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VERB
下毛毛細雨
If it is spitting, it is raining very lightly.
例句
It will stop in a minute — it's only spitting.
雨很快就會停的——這只不過是毛毛雨。
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N-COUNT
烤肉叉;扦子
A spit is a long rod which is pushed through a piece of meat and hung over an open fire to cook the meat.
例句
She roasted the meat on a spit.
她用烤肉叉子烤肉。
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N-COUNT
岬角;海岬
A spit of land is a long, flat, narrow piece of land that sticks out into the sea.
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PHRASE
離…非常近
If one place is within spitting distance of another, they are very close to each other.
例句
...a restaurant within spitting distance of the Tower of London.
離倫敦塔非常近的一個餐館
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PHRASE
極像…的人;和…一模一樣的人
If you say that one person is the spitting image of another, you mean that they look very similar.
例句
Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek.
尼娜看起來像極了茜茜·斯帕賽克。