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

• The company has sputtered from strategy to strategy after early efforts to apply a google-like focus on data failed.
  前期采用谷歌式专注数据的经营手法失败之后，这家公司已经踉踉跄跄地换了一个又一个战略。
• The candle sputtered a little and then went out.
  蜡烛劈啪几声便熄灭了。
• Research on the Preparation and Performance of Ti Film Sputtered on Gd
  金属Gd表面Ti薄膜的制备及其性能研究
• The battle sputtered to a halt in mid-October
  战斗于10月中旬渐渐停了下来。
• The central zone is sputtered with a reflecting coating.
  中央区涂复了一层反射膜。
• 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 truck sputtered and stopped
  卡车噼啪响了几声停下了。
• A new session of the Find Fast Service has started. Now it tried to turn over, sputtered a few times, and died.
  新启动了一次文件检索服务。现在它再次启动，响了几声，却熄火了。
• 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。
• At last the canDle sputtered out, the wax getting in the flame and making noises.
  蜡油进入了火苗，发出了劈啪的声响，蜡终于灭了。