a spit of + land/sand
名词，可数，多用于地理描述，a spit of 后常接 land、sand 等地形名词。
A long spit of sand stretches out into the bay.
一条狭长的沙嘴伸入海湾。
唾液；唾沫
spits — plural of spit
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）
Saliva, especially when spat out.
用于串肉烧烤的细金属或木棍,常在火上使用。
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
唾液,尤指吐出的。
Saliva, especially when expectorated.
铲子挖土时刃片入土的深度；一层与铲刃深度相当的土壤。
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.
通常低矮、狭窄、尖端的沙质半岛或沙洲。
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
吐口水的一次动作；特指小雨或小雪。
An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
一铲所能容纳的土量；一铲的量。
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
相似；用于固定短语(如spitting image)指与某人极其相像的人。
Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
同slam(纸牌游戏)。
Synonym of slam (“card game”).
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。
用法提示：本句中 spit 是名词，指烤肉用的金属或木制长杆。
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。
用法提示：这里 spit 是名词，作 turned 的宾语，意为“烤肉叉”。
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。
用法提示：此处 spit 为名词，和 on 搭配，表示“在烤肉叉上”。
名词，可数，多用于地理描述，a spit of 后常接 land、sand 等地形名词。
A long spit of sand stretches out into the bay.
一条狭长的沙嘴伸入海湾。
spit 在此指烤肉用的细金属或木杆，前用介词 on。
They roasted a whole lamb on a spit over the fire.
他们把一整只羊串在烤肉叉上放在火上烤。
英式口语用法，用于 the spit of sb 结构，表示与某人极其相像。
Everyone says the little boy is the spit of his father.
大家都说这个小男孩长得和他父亲一模一样。
saliva是较正式的生理学术语，spit更口语化，二者在大多数语境下可互换，但saliva较中性。
spittle与spit同为口语词，但spittle更具体指吐出的唾液，常用于厌恶语境。
skewer泛指烤肉用的金属或木签，与spit（烤叉）同义，但skewer尺寸较小。
headland指突出海洋的高地，与spit（沙嘴）类似，但spit多为低矮狭长地带。
cape指显著突入海洋的陆地，比spit（沙嘴）更宽大，常为重要地理标志。
grammar · medium
易错句子He wiped the spits off his chin with a tissue.
正确表达He wiped the spit off his chin with a tissue.
表示“唾液、口水”时 spit 是不可数名词，不能加复数词尾；复数 spits 只用于“烤肉叉”“沙嘴”等可数义项。本句说的是唾液，应保持单数 spit。
grammar · medium
易错句子Tom is spitting image of his father.
正确表达Tom is the spitting image of his father.
the spitting image of 是固定短语，其中定冠词 the 不能省略，整体意思是“和……长得一模一样”；少了 the 短语就不完整，句子不合语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子Tom is the spitting image with his father.
正确表达Tom is the spitting image of his father.
该固定短语用介词 of 引出比较对象，不用 with；汉语“跟/和……很像”里的“跟、和”容易让学习者写成 with，但英语固定搭配是 the spitting image of sb。
作为动词'吐'的反义词，'吞下'。
吐出
He told the child to spit out the candy.
他让孩子把糖果吐出来。
吐在…上（表示轻蔑）
It's rude to spit on the ground.
随地吐痰是不礼貌的。
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。
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。
（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。
快说出来，有话直说
Come on, spit it out! What happened?
快点说出来！发生什么事了？
（军事或仪容上的）整洁，擦洗
The sergeant demanded spit and polish from the recruits.
中士要求新兵们保持整洁。
做无用功，徒劳无功
Trying to change his mind is like spitting in the wind.
试图改变他的想法就像逆风吐唾沫一样徒劳。
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