- To spew is to forcefully expel something, the way a volcano spews hot lava when it erupts, or the way you might spew soda from your mouth if your friend makes you laugh right after you take a big gulp.
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- vt. 喷出；呕吐
- vi. 喷涌；呕吐
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1. If the fuel catches fire, it could spew radiation over a large area.
一旦燃料接触火源，他将喷出一个很大区域的放射性物质。
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2. The world holds its breath as Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors continue to spew radiation.
日本被毁的核反应堆持续地喷涌辐射物时，全世界的人们几乎屏住了呼吸。
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3. Its tiger stripes are active geologic regions that spew out jets of ice and other gases.
卫星表面的虎皮斑纹是活跃的地质区域，在不断喷出冰和其他气体的混合物。
- spew (n.) "vomited matter," c. 1600, from spew (v.).
- spew (v.) Old English spiwan "spew, spit," from Proto-Germanic *spiew- (source also of Old Saxon spiwan, Old Norse spyja, Old Frisian spiwa, Middle Dutch spijen, Dutch spuwen, Old High German spiwan, German speien, Gothic spiewan "to spit"), from PIE *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit," probably ultimately of imitative origin (source also of Latin spuere; Greek ptuein, Doric psyttein; Old Church Slavonic pljuja, Russian plevati; Lithuanian spiauti). Also in Old English as a weak verb, speowan. Related: Spewed; spewing.
spew / spjuː ; NAmE spjuː / verb 1 [intransitive , transitive ] to flow out quickly, or to make sth flow out quickly, in large amounts （使）喷出，涌出 + adv./prep. ◆ Flames spewed from the aircraft's engine. 飞机发动机喷出火焰。 spewsth + adv./prep. ◆ Massive chimneys were spewing out smoke. 一座座高大的烟囱冒着烟。 2 [intransitive , transitive ] ( BrE) ( informal) to vomit (= bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth) 呕吐 spew(up) ◆ He spewed up on the pavement. 他在人行道上吐了。 spewsth (up) ◆ She spewed up the entire meal. 她把吃的饭全吐出来了。 spew spews spewed spewing spew / spjuː ; NAmE spjuː /
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