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spill

US: /ˈspɪɫ/

UK: /spˈɪl/

English Vietnamese dictionary

spill /spil/

ngoại động từ spilled, spilt
- làm tràn, làm đổ, đánh đổ (nước...)
- làm ngã ngựa, làm văng khỏi yên, làm văng khỏi xe
  - horse spills rider: ngựa văng người cưỡi xuống đất

nội động từ
- tràn ra, chảy ra, đổ ra (nước...)
- to spill over
  - tràn ra vùng nông thôn (dân quá đông ở một thành phố)
- to spill the beans
  - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) để lọt tin tức ra ngoài; để lộ tẩy, để lòi đuôi
- to spill blood
  - phạm tội gây đổ máu
- to spill the blood of somebody
  - giết ai
- to spill money
  - thua cuộc
- it is no use crying over spilt milk
  - thôi đừng tiếc rẻ con gà quạ tha

danh từ
- sự làm tràn, sự làm đổ ra, sự đánh đổ ra
- lượng (nước...) đánh đổ ra
- sự ngã (từ trên yên xe, yên ngựa...)
  - to have a nastry spill: bị ngã một cái đau
- (như) spillway

danh từ
- cái đóm (để nhóm lửa)
- cái nút nhỏ (để nút lỗ)
- cái đinh nhỏ, cái chốt nhỏ, cái móc nhỏ (bằng kim loại)

Advanced English dictionary

verb, noun
+ verb (spilled, spilled) (BrE also spilt, spilt )
1 (especially of liquid) to accidentally flow over the edge of a container; to make liquid do this: [V] Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor. + The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere. + [VN] He startled her and made her spill her drink. + Thousands of gallons of crude oil were spilled into the ocean. + I managed to carry three full glasses without spilling a drop.
2 [V +adv./prep.] (of people) to come out of a place in large numbers and spread out: The doors opened and people spilled into the street. + (figurative) Light spilled from the windows.
Idioms: spill the beans (informal) to tell sb sth that should be kept secret or private
spill (sb's) blood (formal or literary) to kill or wound people: Nothing can justify spilling innocent blood.
spill your guts (to sb) (AmE, informal) to tell sb everything you know or feel about sth, because you are upset: He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography.
more at CRY v.
Phrasal Verbs: spill sth<->out
spill out to tell sb all about a problem etc. very quickly; to come out quickly: Has she been spilling out her troubles to you again? + When he started to speak, the words just spilled out.
spill over (into sth)
1 to fill a container and go over the edge: She filled the glass so full that the water spilled over. + (figurative) Her emotions suddenly spilled over.
2 to start in one area and then affect other areas: Unrest has spilt over into areas outside the city. + The effects of stress at work can spill over into home life.
related noun OVERSPILL, SPILLOVER
+ noun
1 (also formal spillage) [C, U] an act of letting a liquid come or fall out of a container; the amount of liquid that comes or falls out: Many seabirds died as a result of the oil spill. + I wiped up the coffee spills on the table.
2 [C] a long match, or a thin piece of twisted paper, used for lighting fires, oil lamps, etc.
3 [C, usually sing.] a fall, especially from a bicycle or a boat: to take a spill
Idioms see THRILL n.

Thesaurus dictionary

1 pour (out or over), overflow, slop or run or brim over:

The milk spilt all over the floor.

2 waste, throw out, lose:

Don't cry over spilt milk.

3 spill the beans. reveal or tell or disclose or divulge all or everything, blab, tattle, let the cat out of the bag, confess, Slang squeal, be a stool-pigeon or stoolie, spill one's guts, sing (like a canary), Brit blow the gaff:

Finnegan spilled the beans to the cops.

4 outpouring, flood, leak, leakage:

Don't tell me there's been another oil spill!

5 fall, tumble, accident, Colloq cropper, header:

Crutchley had a nasty spill at the third fence in the Grand National.

Collocation dictionary

ADV.

almost | accidentally | out, over

He nodded, his tears spilling over.

VERB + SPILL

try not to | let sth

He opened the curtains, letting the morning light spill into the room.

PREP.

down, from, into, onto, out of, over

I accidentally spilled my drink all over him.

Concise English dictionary

spilt|spills|spilled|spillingspɪl
noun
+liquid that is spilled
+a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
+the act of allowing a fluid to escape
+a sudden drop from an upright position
verb
+cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
+flow, run or fall out and become lost
+cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
+pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
+reveal information