spit
verb
noun
spɪt verb
1
LIQUID FROM YOUR MOUTH
口水
to force a small amount of SALIVA (=the liquid in your mouth) out of your mouth 吐口水，吐唾沫 I
Nick rolled down his window and spat.
尼克摇下窗子，啐了口唾沫。
[+ at/on/into ]
A group of fans spat on the players as they left the field.
一群球迷在球员离开球场时朝他们吐口水。
2
FOOD/DRINK ETC
食物/饮料等
to force something out of your mouth 吐，唾 T
Billy stood up slowly, rubbed his jaw, and spat blood.
比利慢慢站起来，揉了揉下巴，吐了口血。
spit sth out
Diana tasted her martini and quickly spat it out.
戴安娜尝了一口马丁尼酒，马上就吐了出来。
3
RAIN
雨
to be raining very lightly [英] 下小雨; BrE
You don’t need an umbrella – it’s only spitting.
你不用带雨伞，只有一点毛毛雨。
4
SAY STH
说话
also 又作 to say something quickly in a very angry way 怒斥，怒叱 T
‘Shut up,’ spat Maria furiously.
“闭嘴。”玛丽亚怒叱道。
5
spit it out
used to ask someone to tell you something that they seem too frightened or embarrassed to say [口] 爽快地说出来〔用于叫人说其不敢或不愿说的话〕 spoken
Come on Jean, spit it out!
来吧，琼，一吐为快！
6
SMALL PIECES
小片片
to send out small bits of something, for example fire or hot oil, into the air 迸溅（火花、滚烫的油等） I,T
A log fire was crackling and spitting in the hearth.
柴火在壁炉里烧得噼啪作响，迸溅出火星。
7
CAT
猫
if a cat spits, it makes short angry sounds 〔猫在愤怒时〕发出呼噜呼噜声 I
8
be within spitting distance (of sth)
to be very close to someone or something [口] （离某人或某物）很近 spoken
9
spit the dummy
to react to something in a very angry way ; used when suggesting that the person is behaving like a child and not reacting like an adult should [非正式] 耍脾气，发脾气〔用于指某人生气时的行为像小孩子，而不像成人应该做的那样〕 informal
10 if someone, especially a baby, spits up, they bring a small amount of food or drink up from their stomach out through their mouth 〔尤指婴儿〕呕吐
spit sth ↔ up
I was a difficult child, always crying and spitting up my food.
我小时候很难伺候，老是哭闹、呕吐。
On one occasion, our daughter spat up all over him.
有一次，我们的女儿吐了他一身。
noun
11 the watery liquid that is produced in your mouth [非正式] 唾液，唾沫，口水; U | informal
12 a long thin stick that you put through meat so that you can turn it when cooking it over a fire 烤肉扦，炙扦子 C
13 a long narrow piece of land that sticks out into the sea, into a river etc 岬，沙嘴〔伸入水域中的狭长陆地〕 C
14
be the (dead) spit of sb
to look exactly like someone else [英，口] 长得和某人一模一样 BrE spoken
Sam is the dead spit of his dad.
萨姆长得和他爸爸一模一样。
15
spit and polish
when something is thoroughly cleaned and polished [非正式] 彻底的打扫擦洗 informal
It was Christmas, so Ellen gave the dining room a little extra spit and polish.
圣诞节到了，埃伦把饭厅再仔细地打扫了一下。