Old English spiwan "spew, spit," from Proto-Germanic *spiew- (cognates: 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 (cognates: 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 (n.)
"vomited matter," c. 1600, from spew (v.).
双语例句
1. One of the ways to purify water is to make It'spew slowly from the soil.
净化水的方法之一是让它从土中慢慢地渗出.
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2. Cash machines that spew out money are usually the stuff of dreams.
现金出纳机里的钱,通常是梦想.
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3. She must be purged and through this purgation her bowels shall spew.
她必须被净化,通过这净化,她的内容物将会喷出.
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4. She must purged and through this purgation her bowels shall spew.
她必须被净化,经由这净化,她的内部将喷涌.
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5. Electric vehicles are quiet and spew no emissions.