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sputtering
濺射
From:
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sputtering
濺散
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sput·ter
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Sputtered
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Sputtering
.]
1.
To
spit
,
or
to
emit
saliva
from
the
mouth
in
small
,
scattered
portions
,
as
in
rapid
speaking
.
2.
To
utter
words
hastily
and
indistinctly
;
to
speak
so
rapidly
as
to
emit
saliva
.
They
could
neither
of
them
speak
their
rage
,
and
so
fell
a
sputtering
at
one
another
,
like
two
roasting
apples
.
--
Congreve
.
3.
To
throw
out
anything
,
as
little
jets
of
steam
,
with
a
noise
like
that
made
by
one
sputtering
.
Like
the
green
wood
. . .
sputtering
in
the
flame
.
--
Dryden
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
sputtering
adj
:
emitting
or
making
sporadic
spitting
or
popping
sounds
; "
the
sputtering
engine
"; "
spluttering
electric
arcs
" [
syn
:
spluttering
]
n
:
the
noise
of
something
spattering
or
sputtering
explosively
;
"
he
heard
a
spatter
of
gunfire
" [
syn
:
spatter
,
spattering
,
splatter
,
splattering
,
sputter
,
splutter
]
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