spit

noun

1. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

Synonym: spittingexpectoration

2. a skewer for holding meat over a fire

3. a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth
moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches

Synonym: salivaspittle

4. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

Synonym: tongue

verb

1. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

e.g. The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer

Synonym: ptyalizeptyalisespewspue

2. utter with anger or contempt

Synonym: spit out

3. drive a skewer through

e.g. skewer the meat for the BBQ

Synonym: skewer

4. rain gently

e.g. It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick

Synonym: sprinklespatterpatterpitter-patter

1. 唾液，唾沫(常指唾沫星子)
Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been forced out of someone's mouth.

spit

2. 吐唾沫(常表示憎恨或轻蔑)
If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt.

e.g. The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit...
那伙人也想过要揍他，但最后只是啐了他一口。
e.g. They spat at me and taunted me...
他们朝我吐唾沫，还嘲笑我。

3. 吐出(少量液体或食物)
If you spit liquid or food somewhere, you force a small amount of it out of your mouth.

e.g. Spit out that gum and pay attention...
把那块口香糖吐出来，注意听。
e.g. He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes...
他感觉就像有一条蛇朝自己的双眼里喷射了毒液。

4. (机器) 噼啪作响;(煮着的食物)毕剥作响
If something such as a machine or food that is cooking spits, it sends out small amounts of something, making a series of short, sharp noises.

e.g. The engine spat and banged.
发动机发出劈啪声，接着是砰的一声响。
e.g. ...the fire where pork chops were sizzling and spitting.
把猪排烤得嗞嗞啦啦响的炉火

5. (咬牙切齿地)愤愤说出
If someone spits an insult or comment, they say it in an angry or hostile way.

e.g. 'Wait a damn minute,' Mindy spat. 'Nobody said anything about staying overnight.'...
“该死的，等一下”，明迪愤愤地说道，“谁也没说过要过夜。”
e.g. Cramer spat an obscenity.
克拉默愤愤地骂了一句脏话。

6. 下毛毛细雨
If it is spitting, it is raining very lightly.

e.g. It will stop in a minute — it's only spitting.
雨很快就会停的——这只不过是毛毛雨。

7. 烤肉叉;扦子
A spit is a long rod which is pushed through a piece of meat and hung over an open fire to cook the meat.

e.g. She roasted the meat on a spit.
她用烤肉叉子烤肉。

8. 岬角;海岬
A spit of land is a long, flat, narrow piece of land that sticks out into the sea.

9. 离…非常近
If one place is within spitting distance of another, they are very close to each other.

e.g. ...a restaurant within spitting distance of the Tower of London.
离伦敦塔非常近的一个餐馆

10. 极像…的人;和…一模一样的人
If you say that one person is the spitting image of another, you mean that they look very similar.

e.g. Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek.
尼娜看起来像极了茜茜·斯帕赛克。

相关词组：spit out

1. 沙嘴：最常见到的沙岸地形,则包括了海滩(beach),河口,沙嘴(spit),障岛沙洲(barrierisland),潟湖(lagoon)以及海岸沙丘(coastal dune)等地形区. 以台湾的海岸地形...

2. 吐痰：以上述文字为说明,写一篇与礼貌有关的英语作文,在文中需使用打喷嚏(sneeze) ;吐痰(spit)等词汇.

3. 唾液：唯一一直喜欢但是却心里一直想忘记却不能释怀的女孩,是的,她太好了. 我真懦弱,太懦弱了.不过,诗人及词源学家约翰.斯亚迪认为这个短语起源于巫术. 凭借一个人的唾液(spit)和一个人形玩偶(image),巫师可以让所有的不幸都降临到某个倒霉的人身上.

4. spit：single point in time; 单时间点

5. spit：standard processing language internally translated; 标准处理语言内部转换