spout

🇬🇧 UK/spaut/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A tube or opening through which liquid is poured or discharged.

喷口,壶嘴,出水口

v.

To discharge liquid forcefully in a jet; to speak at length in a pompous or tedious way.

喷射,涌出;滔滔不绝地说

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
spoutother
=spout

Common Collocations

  • 1.teapot spout茶壶嘴
  • 2.water spout水柱;喷水口
  • 3.pour from the spout从壶嘴倒出
  • 4.drainage spout排水口

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She carefully poured the tea through the narrow spout of the teapot.

  • 2.

    The whale surfaced and sent a tall spout of water into the air.

  • 3.

    Water gushed from the broken spout and flooded the kitchen floor.

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