例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    (发动机)发出噼啪声;(火焰)发出毕剥声
    If something such as an engine or a flame sputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds.
    例句
    The truck sputtered and stopped... 卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。 Engines sputtered to life again... 发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。
  • 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 affairs sputters, it progresses slowly and unevenly or starts to end.
    例句
    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。 The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October... 战斗于 10 月中旬渐渐停了下来。
  • 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 you sputter, you speak with difficulty and make short sounds, especially because you are angry, shocked, or excited.
    例句
    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?” 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。