spit into sth
He was spitting into the toilet.
他正往马桶里吐痰。
吐唾沫；啐痰
在缓慢冷却的熔化银或铂金表面出现的现象,氧气喷射形成小锥体,有时会抛出熔融金属滴
the act of forcibly ejecting saliva from the mouth
在缓慢冷却的熔化银或铂金表面出现的现象,氧气喷射形成小锥体,有时会抛出熔融金属滴
An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
He was fined for spitting on the sidewalk.
他因在人行道上吐痰被罚款。
用法提示：这里的spitting是动词的现在分词形式，表示‘吐痰’的动作。
The baby is spitting out the bitter medicine.
婴儿正在吐出苦药。
用法提示：spitting out表示‘吐出’，是动词短语的现在分词形式。
She couldn't help spitting insults at the rude driver.
她忍不住对那个粗鲁的司机破口大骂。
用法提示：spitting insults是习语，意为‘厉声责骂’，spitting是现在分词。
He was spitting into the toilet.
他正往马桶里吐痰。
注意介词选择：直接对某人用 at，对表面用 on。
The man was arrested for spitting at a police officer.
该男子因向警察吐痰被捕。
此处 out 可省略，但省略后语气稍弱。
She kept spitting out lies to defend herself.
她不断厉声说谎为自己辩护。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is spit on the ground.
正确表达He is spitting on the ground.
在现在进行时中，动词需要使用-ing形式。汉语中没有动词变形，学习者容易遗漏-ing，直接使用动词原形。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is splitting on the ground.
正确表达He is spitting on the ground.
'spitting'和'splitting'发音相似，但意思不同。'spitting'意为吐痰，'splitting'意为分裂，混淆是由于发音相似导致的词汇误用。
拼写相似，但 meaning 不同：spitting 意为吐痰，splitting 意为分裂或劈开。
拼写相似（少一个t），含义不同：spitting 是吐痰，spiting 是故意刁难。
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