sputter
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 喷溅声,劈啪声,语无伦次
- vi.
- 唾沫飞溅,结结巴巴地讲,发劈啪声
- vt.
- 喷出,飞溅出,气急败坏地说
构词拆分
spout词根/词干
+
-er后缀
(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), Low German sputtern, spruttern (“to sprinkle”), German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”). Compare splutter.