|
马上注册,结交更多好友,享用更多功能,让你轻松玩转社区。
您需要 登录 才可以下载或查看,没有账号?立即注册
x
要形容某人从船上,马匹,自行车上摔下来了,你会怎么想到用英语来表达呢?
比如你会想到:a fall from a horse, bicycle, 当然没错呢。
还有个更地道的表达法。就是:spill
请自行在下面的解释里找答案:
spill
spill / spil /
verb
(spilled, spilled) (, BrE also spilt, spilt / spilt / )
1. (especially of liquid 尤指液体) to flow over the edge of a container by accident; to make liquid do this
(使)洒出,泼出,溢出:
▪ [V]
Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor.
桶里的水洒出来了,洒了一地。
▪ [VN]
He startled her and made her spill her drink.
她让他吓了一跳,把饮料弄洒了。
Thousands of gallons of crude oil were spilled into the ocean.
成千上万加仑的原油泄漏,流进了海洋。
2. [V +adv. / prep.] (of people 人) to come out of a place in large numbers and spread out
涌出;蜂拥而出:
The doors opened and people spilled into the street.
门开了,人们涌上街道。
(figurative) Light spilled from the windows.
灯光从窗口照射出来。
IDIOMS
▪ spill the 'beans (informal) to tell sb sth that should be kept secret or private
泄露秘密;说漏嘴
▪ spill (sb's) 'blood (formal or literary) to kill or wound people
使流血;伤害;杀死
▪ spill your 'guts (to sb)
(NAmE, informal)
to tell sb everything you know or feel about sth, because you are upset
(向某人)倾诉心里话
⇨ more at cry v.
PHRASAL VERBS
▪ ˌspill sth ↔ 'out | ˌspill 'out
to tell sb all about a problem etc. very quickly; to come out quickly
倾诉;涌出:
Has she been spilling out her troubles to you again?
她是不是又向你诉苦了?
When he started to speak, the words just spilled out.
他一开口就滔滔不绝。
▪ ˌspill 'over (into sth)
1. to fill a container and go over the edge
溢出;漫出:
She filled the glass so full that the water spilled over.
她往杯子里倒水倒得太满,都溢出来了。
(figurative) Her emotions suddenly spilled over.
她突然就控制不住自己的感情了。
2. to start in one area and then affect other areas
波及:
Unrest has spilt over into areas outside the city.
骚乱已经波及城市的周边地区。
⇨ related noun overspill
⇨ related noun spillover
noun
1. (also formal spill·age) [C, U] an act of letting a liquid come or fall out of a container; the amount of liquid that comes or falls out
洒出(量);泼出(量);溢出(量);泄漏(量):
Many seabirds died as a result of the oil spill.
许多海鸟死于这次石油泄漏。
I wiped up the coffee spills on the table.
我把洒在桌上的咖啡擦掉。
2. [C] a long match, or a thin piece of twisted paper, used for lighting fires, oil lamps, etc.
(点火用的)长梗火柴,纸捻
3. [C, usually sing.] a fall, especially from a bicycle or a boat
(尤指从自行车或船上)摔下,跌落:
to take a spill
(骑车)摔一跤
⇨ more at thrill n.
spill spill¹
/ spɪl ; spɪl /
◙verb (past tense and past participle spilt) / spɪlt ; spɪlt / [especially BrE] or spilled [especially AmE]
1. [I,T] if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container
• (使)溢出,(使)泼洒,(使)溅出;
--› pour :
»Katie almost spilled her milk.
凯蒂差点儿把牛奶弄洒。
»spill sth down / on / over sth
»Oh no! I've spilt coffee all down my shirt!
糟糕,我把咖啡洒得满衬衫都是!
▪ [+ on / over etc ]
»He slipped and the wine spilled all over the carpet.
他脚下一滑,酒洒了一地毯。
2. [I always + adv / prep] if people or things spill out of somewhere, they move or fall out in large numbers
• 〔人群〕涌出;
【SYN】 pour
▪ [+ out / into / onto etc ]
»Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street.
人群从戏院里涌到街上。
3. spill the beans, [informal] to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret
• 泄露秘密,走漏风声
4. spill your guts, [AmE informal] to tell someone all about your private life, or about a personal secret
• 把私生活(个人秘密)告诉某人
5. spill blood, [literary] to kill or wound people
• 杀人; 伤人
--› see cry over spilt milk at CRY ¹ (3)【PHR V】
◘spill into / onto sth
• [literary] if light spills onto or into something, it shines through a window, door, hole etc onto something else
• 〔光线从窗、门、洞等处〕洒进,照进:
»The morning light spilled into the room.
晨光洒进了房间。
◘spill over
• if a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people etc
• 〔问题或坏情况〕蔓延,扩散:
▪ [+ into ]
»The conflict might spill over into neighbouring towns.
这场冲突可能会波及邻近城镇。 spill²
◙noun
1. [C,U] when you spill something, or an amount of something that is spilled
• 洒出(量),溢出(量):
»the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands
设得兰群岛南端附近海域大量的溢油
2. [C] a fall from a horse, bicycle etc
• 〔从马、自行车等上的〕摔下:
»Tyson broke a rib when he took a spill on his motorcycle.
泰森从摩托车上摔下来摔断了一根肋骨。
|
|