Sputter

(noun.) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage).

(verb.) cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; 'The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust'.

(verb.) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.

(verb.) make an explosive sound; 'sputtering engines'.

整理:内莉

• I am not going to guess, at five o'clock in the morning, with my brains frying and sputtering in my head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Consequently, that new light had gone sputtering out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• As the light went off, he found his motorcycle in the dark by the door, pushed it until it sputtered and caught, then roared off up the road. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

编辑:鲁弗斯