spit
US: /ˈspɪt/
UK: /spˈɪt/
UK: /spˈɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
spit /spit/
- danh từ
- cái xiên (nướng thịt trong lò quay)
- mũi đất (nhô ra biển)
- bờ ngầm
- ngoại động từ
- xiên (thịt để nướng trong lò quay)
- đâm xuyên (nhô ra biển)
- bờ ngầm
- ngoại động từ
- xiên (thịt để nướng trong lò quay)
- đâm xuyên (bằng gươm)
- danh từ
- sự khạc, sự nhổ
- sự phun phì phì (mèo)
- nước bọt, nước dãi
- cơn mưa lún phún, cơm mưa ngắn, trận mưa tuyết ngắn
- trứng (sâu bọ)
- (thông tục) vật giống như hệt, người giống như hệt
- he is the very spit of his father: anh ta giống bố như hệt
- the spit and image of somebody: (thông tục) người giống hệt ai
- nội động từ spat
- khạc, nhổ nước bọt
- to spit in someone's face: nhổ vào mặt ai, khinh bỉ ai
- phun phì phì (mèo)
- làu bàu
- mưa lún phún
- bắn, toé (lửa); toé mực (bút)
- khạc, nhổ nước bọt
- ngoại động từ
- khạc, nhổ (nước bọt)
- thốt ra, phun ra, nói to
- to spit an oath: thốt ra một lời nguyền rủa
- to spit at
- phỉ nhổ (ai); coi (ai) như rác
- to spit out
- khạc ra
- phun ra, nói hở ra (điều bí mật)
- spit it out!
- muốn nói gì thì nói nhanh lên!
- to spit upon
- (như) to spit at
- danh từ
- mai (bề sâu xắn xuống đất bằng chiều dài của lưỡi mai)
- to gig it two spits deep: đào sâu hai mai
- mai (bề sâu xắn xuống đất bằng chiều dài của lưỡi mai)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (spitting, spat, spat )
Help Note: spit is also sometimes used for the past tense and past participle, especially in AmE.)
from mouth
1 [VN] ~ sth (out) to force liquid, food, etc. out of your mouth: She took a mouthful of food and then suddenly spat it out. + He was spitting blood from a badly cut lip.
2 [V] ~ (at / on sb/sth) to force SALIVA (= the liquid that is produced in the mouth) out of your mouth, often as a sign of anger or lack of respect: He coughed and spat. + The prisoners were spat on by their guards. + She spat in his face and went out. + A gang of youths swore and spat at officials outside the stadium.
say sth angrily
3 to say sth in an angry or forceful way: [V speech] 'You liar!' she spat. + [VN] He was dragged out of the court, spitting abuse at the judge and jury.
of an animal
4 [V] to make a short angry sound: Snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered. + The cat arched its back and spat at the dog.
of sth cooking / burning
5 [V] to make a noise and throw out fat, SPARKS, etc: sausages spitting in the frying pan + The logs on the fire crackled and spat.
rain
6 [V] (informal) (only used in the progressive tenses) when it is spitting, it is raining lightly
Idioms: spit it out (spoken) usually used in orders to tell sb to say sth when they seem frightened or unwilling to speak: If you've got something to say, spit it out!
spit venom / blood to show that you are very angry; to speak in an angry way: She looked at him with eyes that spat venom.
within spitting distance (of sth) (BrE) (also within shouting distance AmE, BrE) (spoken, informal) very close: We live within spitting distance of the bus station.
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Phrasal Verbs: spit up (AmE, informal) (especially of a baby) to VOMIT
+ noun
in / from mouth
1 [U] the liquid that is produced in your mouth
Synonym: SALIVA
2 [C, usually sing.] the act of spitting liquid or food out of your mouth
piece of land
3 [C] a long thin piece of land that sticks out into the sea/ocean, a lake, etc: a shingle spit + a remote spit of land on the coast
for cooking meat
4 [C] a long thin metal rod that you put through meat to hold and turn it while you cook it over a fire: chickens roasting on a spit
Idioms: spit and polish (informal) thorough cleaning and polishing of sth
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 expectorate; dribble, salivate, drool, slaver, sputter, splutter; discharge, spew (forth), eject:
Spitting is forbidden. Don't you hate people who spit when they talk? The volcano spat huge boulders into the sky.
2 spitting image or spit and image. twin, duplicate, clone, image, counterpart, likeness, copy:
She is the spitting image of her mother.
n.
3 spittle, saliva, drool, Technical sputum:
A large gobbet of spit clung to his beard.
Concise English dictionary
spat|spitted|spitting|spitsspɪt
noun
+a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
+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
+a skewer for holding meat over a fire
+the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
verb
+expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
+utter with anger or contempt
+rain gently
+drive a skewer through
