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				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。
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				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。
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				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。