spew是什么意思

vt. 喷出；呕吐

vi. 喷涌；呕吐

中文词源

spew 喷出，涌出，呕吐

来自拟声词根辅音丛 sp-,吐，喷出，比较 spate,spew,spit,spout,sputter.

spew: spew: see spit
spew (v.): Old English spiwan "spew, spit," from Proto-Germanic *spiew- (cognates: Old Saxon spiwan, Old Norse spyja, Old Frisian spiwa, Middle Dutch spijen, Dutch spuwen, Old High German spiwan, German speien, Gothic spiewan "to spit"), from PIE *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit," probably ultimately of imitative origin (cognates: Latin spuere; Greek ptuein, Doric psyttein; Old Church Slavonic pljuja, Russian plevati; Lithuanian spiauti). Also in Old English as a weak verb, speowan. Related: Spewed; spewing.
spew (n.): "vomited matter," c. 1600, from spew (v.).

1. One of the ways to purify water is to make It'spew slowly from the soil.: 净化水的方法之一是让它从土中慢慢地渗出.

2. Cash machines that spew out money are usually the stuff of dreams.: 现金出纳机里的钱,通常是梦想.

3. She must be purged and through this purgation her bowels shall spew.: 她必须被净化,通过这净化,她的内容物将会喷出.

4. She must purged and through this purgation her bowels shall spew.: 她必须被净化,经由这净化,她的内部将喷涌.