spill

英 [spɪl] 美 [spɪl]

• v. 溢出；洒；使 ... 流出；泄漏
• n. 溢出；流；木片；小杆

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 溢出; 泼出

   allow to run over the side of the container

2. vt. 使跌落

   upset; cause (the rider, passenger, etc.) to fall

3. vt. 泄露机密

   tell a secret too soon or to the wrong person

英英释义

Noun:

1. liquid that is spilled;

   "clean up the spills"
   

2. a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

3. the act of allowing a fluid to escape

4. a sudden drop from an upright position;

   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
   

Verb:

1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;

   "spill the milk"
   "splatter water"
   

2. flow, run or fall out and become lost;

   "The milk spilled across the floor"
   "The wine spilled onto the table"
   

3. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

   "spill the beans all over the table"
   

4. pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;

   "shed tears"
   "spill blood"
   "God shed His grace on Thee"
   

5. reveal information;

   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"
   "The former employee spilled all the details"
   

6. reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The coffee is so full that it might spill over.
   咖啡太满可能会溢出来。
2. Put the cap back on the bottle, otherwise the juice will spill.
   把瓶盖儿盖好，要不汁液就洒出来了。
3. Take care not to spill a drop of the medicine.
   注意一滴药也不要洒。
4. The sway of the pail cause some milk to spill out.
   桶的摇晃使一些牛奶溢了出来。
5. He threatened to spill what he knew to the police.
   他威胁要将他所知道的事情向警察告发。
6. Mecke couldn't bring himself to spill the beans.
   默克不能让他自己泄露秘密。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The oil spill endangered thousands of birds.
   石油的溢泄危及成千上万的鸟儿。
2. Waiters should know how to deal with spill.
   侍者应懂得如何处理液体外溢。
3. He do not want to see any american blood spill.
   他不想看到任何美国人流血牺牲。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The coffee is so full that it might spill over .
   咖啡满得可能溢出来。
2. The bus spilled and picked up its passengers at every stop.
   公共汽车在每一站都停下来让旅客上下车。
3. Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.
   她那金黄色的头发披垂在双肩。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Who has spilt the milk?
   谁把牛奶泼出来了?
2. Don't spill the coffee.
   不要把咖啡弄洒了。
3. She has spilt water over the plants.
   她已在植物上浇透了水。
4. The ship spilled oil while in port.
   这条船停泊港内时溢油。
5. The horse spilled his rider.
   马将骑手摔了下来。
6. The boat upset and spilled the boys into the water.
   船翻了,孩子们全都翻落水中。
7. She spilled her mind unintentionally.
   她无意中说出自己内心的想法。
8. Don't spill the secret.
   不可泄露秘密。
9. I knew he'd spilt the whole story!
   我知道他会把全部情况泄露出去!
10. He is a man who is easy to spill his mind.
    他是一个心里藏不住话的人。
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11. The carriage upset and we were all spilled into the ditch.
    马车翻了,我们都摔到了沟里。
12. A lot of blood was spilled in that battle.
    那次战斗伤亡惨重。

经典引文

• A..maid with a spill was lighting lamps.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

• Virginia..takes a spill in the snow during a practice run.

  出自：Sun (Baltimore)

• The blood of our sons..must not be spilt to no end.

  出自： A. Burgess

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

spill out (v.+adv.)

(使)溢出,洒出 (cause to) overflow or leave a container accidentally
spill out
The top had come off the bottle, and the wine is spilling out!

瓶盖掉了,酒洒了出来。
Blood was spilling out all over the floor.

血溅得满地板都是。
His anger spilled out like lava.

他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。
The train pulled in, and dozens of school children spilled out onto the platform.

火车进站了,数十名孩子涌到站台上。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• spill the coffee 溢出咖啡
• spill ink 溢出墨水
• spill the milk 溅出牛奶
• spill secret 泄露秘密
• spill water 溢出水

～+副词

• spill over (汤等)溢出
• spill over into other field (争议)扩大到其他领域

～+介词

• spill from 从…溢出
• spill into 涌进
• spill into the street 涌上大街
• spill on 使洒在…上
• spill out of 流出
• spill out of the container 从容器中流出

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. spill的基本意思是“溢出”,指某种液体的体积超出盛其容器的范围而流出来,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
2. spill也可作“使跌落”解,多由意外事故而致,用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
3. spill还可作“泄露机密”解,常用于口语中,用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
4. spill的过去式和过去分词美式英语多用spilled,英式英语多用spilt。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的spillan，意为毁坏。

近反义词

【近义词】

• overflow
• splash
• tell