sputtered

英 [ˈspʌtəd]

美 [ˈspʌtərd]

v.  (引擎、灯或火)发噼啪声; 气急败坏地说; 急促而语无伦次地说
sputter的过去分词和过去式

COCA.45912

柯林斯词典

• VERB (发动机)发出噼啪声;(火焰)发出毕剥声
  If something such as an engine or a flamesputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds.
  1. The truck sputtered and stopped...
     卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。
  2. Engines sputtered to life again...
     发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。
  3. The flame sputters out.
     火焰毕剥作响。
  4. ...the sputtering engine.
     噼啪作响的发动机
  5. Sputteris also a noun.
     
  6. All I could hear was the sputter of the fire.
     我只能听到火的毕剥声。
• VERB (过程、行动或事态)缓慢不稳地进行，慢慢结束
  If a process, action, or state of affairssputters, it progresses slowly and unevenly or starts to end.
  1. The economy is already sputtering, with low or no growth...
     经济发展速度已经放慢，增长率很低，或者根本没有增长。
  2. The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October...
     战斗于 10 月中旬渐渐停了下来。
  3. The whole thing sputtered out.
     整个事态渐渐平息了下来。
• VERB (尤指因生气、震惊或激动)结结巴巴地说话，语无伦次地说话
  If yousputter, you speak with difficulty and make short sounds, especially because you are angry, shocked, or excited.
  1. Stunned, I sputtered, 'What do you mean?'...
     我大吃一惊，结结巴巴地问道：“你是什么意思？”
  2. Our father's face had reddened with rage and he began to sputter...
     我们的父亲气得涨红了脸，说话开始语无伦次。
  3. He began to sputter his reply.
     他开始结结巴巴地回答。

双语例句

• After the talk with his mother, his excitement sputtered out.
  和母亲争吵过以后，他的激动已经消失了。
• "You save life!" the man sputtered.
  “你们救了我一命！”那人唾沫飞溅地说。
• Stunned, I sputtered, 'What do you mean?'
  我大吃一惊，结结巴巴地问道：“你是什么意思？”
• Engines sputtered to life again
  发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。
• The engine sputtered and seemed about to cut out; then it picked up again.
  发动机劈劈啪啪响了几声，像是要停下来似的，接着又转了起来。
• Now it tried to turn over, sputtered a few times, and died.
  现在它再次启动，响了几声，却熄火了。
• The emitting positions of the sputtered atoms are close to the corresponding incident ions ( in the order of angstrom);
  溅射原子的出射位置就在离子入射位置的附近（埃数量级）；
• The whole thing sputtered out.
  整个事态渐渐平息了下来。
• The candle sputtered a little and then went out.
  蜡烛劈啪几声便熄灭了。
• The truck sputtered and stopped
  卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。