bespawl

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈspɔːl/    美 /bɪˈspɔl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle. obsolete,transitive
    — [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of Senſe vvould crack / The ſinevves of my Patience.

词形变化

bespawls present,singular,third-person bespawling participle,present bespawled participle,past bespawled past bespaul alternative

词源

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; around’) + spawl (“to scatter spittle from the mouth, spit”).
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