spittle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration. countable,uncountable
    — "Who are you?!" he blurted into the woman's palm, and she shook it off in obvious disgust, wiping spittle onto his D-class uniform.
  2. Alternative form of spital. alt-of,alternative,archaic,countable,uncountable
    — I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways […]
  3. A small sort of spade. countable,uncountable
  4. Something frothy and white that resembles spit. countable,uncountable
  5. Spit-up or drool of an infant. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To dig or stir with a small spade.

词形变化

spittles plural spittles plural spittles plural spittles present,singular,third-person spittling participle,present spittled participle,past spittled past

词汇关系

衍生词
bespittle cuckoo-spittle fasting spittle lickspittle spittlebug spittly

词源

词源 1
Alteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English spātl, which is related to spǣtan (whence spit (verb)).
词源 2
Representing a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit + -le.
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