Word · Frequency #5395

spit

/spit/

noun

唾液；唾沫

Saliva, especially when spat out.

1.
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
用于串肉烧烤的细金属或木棍,常在火上使用。
2.
Saliva, especially when expectorated.
唾液,尤指吐出的。
3.
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
铲子挖土时刃片入土的深度；一层与铲刃深度相当的土壤。
4.
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
通常低矮、狭窄、尖端的沙质半岛或沙洲。
5.
An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
吐口水的一次动作；特指小雨或小雪。
6.
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
一铲所能容纳的土量；一铲的量。
7.
Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
相似；用于固定短语(如spitting image)指与某人极其相像的人。
8.
Synonym of slam (“card game”).
同slam(纸牌游戏)。

烤肉叉；炙肉杆；沙嘴；狭长沙洲；吐口水；一阵毛毛雨（或小雪）；酷似的人；一模一样的人；一锹深（的土层）

In use

The lamb was cooked slowly on a spit over the fire.

羊肉在火上的烤肉叉上慢慢烤着。

He turned the spit every few minutes so the meat would not burn.

他每隔几分钟转动一次烤肉叉，以免肉烤焦。

At the festival, they roasted a whole pig on a large spit.

节日里，他们把整头猪放在一个大烤肉叉上烤。

spit out: 吐出; He told the child to spit out the candy.他让孩子把糖果吐出来。
spit on: 吐在…上（表示轻蔑）; It's rude to spit on the ground.随地吐痰是不礼貌的。
spit up: 呕吐（尤指婴儿吐奶）; The baby spat up some milk after feeding.婴儿在喂奶后吐了一些奶。
a narrow spit: 狭长的沙嘴; The boat anchored near a narrow spit of land.船在一块狭长的沙嘴附近抛锚。
spit roast: （用旋转烤叉）烤制; We had a spit roast for the party.我们为聚会准备了旋转烤炙的肉类。

将 sp 联想为“喷”，it 为“它”，合起来就是“喷它”，即吐口水的动作。

语境：地理描述（如沙嘴、岬角）。语域：中性。注：通常用于地理或旅游语境，比较常见于书面描述。

All listed words rhyme with 'spit' (ending in /-ɪt/). Note that words like 'spite' (/spaɪt/) look similar but have a different vowel sound.

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

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