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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spurt /ˈspɝt/
 噴射,衝刺(vt.)噴射(vi.)噴出,迸發,衝刺

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spurt v. i.  To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
 Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock,
 Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.   --Pope.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spurt, v. t. To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spurt, n.
 1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
 2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.]
 3. Fig.:  A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
 Spurt grass Bot., a rush fit for basket work.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spurt n.  A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
    The long, steady sweep of the so-called =\“paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.\=   --T. Hughes.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spurt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting.] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spurt
      n : the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet,
           squirt, spirt]
      v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
           [syn: spirt, gush, spout]
      2: move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy [syn:
         forge, spirt]