Word · Frequency #18842
spout
壶嘴；喷嘴；出料口
a tube, lip, or opening through which liquid, steam, or grain is poured or discharged
指茶壶、水壶等的壶嘴，也指容器或机器上让液体或谷物通过的开口。
- 1.
A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
用于倾倒或排出液体或蒸汽的管状物或嘴部。
- 2.
an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
允许液体或谷物通过的开口。
- 3.
A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
水落管(尤指屋顶排水沟排出水的通道)。
- 4.
A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.
液体流或排出的液体,通常带有一定的力度。
- 5.
A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.
从高处流下的水流；(通常较细的)瀑布。
- 6.
A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc.
类似的水流或土石流等。
- 7.
A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”).
水龙卷(在水上形成的旋风或龙卷风)。
- 8.
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
鲸鱼喷气孔喷出的空气和水的混合物。
雨水管；水落管；水柱；水流；鲸喷出的水雾；水龙卷；瀑布；土石流
In use
The teapot's spout is too narrow, so the tea pours out slowly.
Water rushed from the spout of the fountain and splashed into the pool below.
He held the pitcher by its spout and carefully filled each glass.
a spout of [liquid]
用于描述液体喷出的量或动作。
A spout of water shot out from the broken pipe.
一股水从破裂的管道中喷出。
the spout of [container]
表示容器的出口部分。
The spout of the teapot is chipped.
茶壶的壶嘴有缺口。
from the spout
介词短语，表示来源。
Connections
Collocations
- teapot spout
- 茶壶嘴
- The tea poured slowly through the teapot spout.茶从茶壶嘴里缓缓倒出来。
- grain spout
- 谷物出料口
- Workers loaded the wheat through the grain spout.工人们通过谷物出料口装小麦。
- gutter spout
- 檐雨水落管
- Rainwater ran down the gutter spout into the drain.雨水沿着檐雨水落管流入排水沟。
- spout of water
- 一股水流
- A sudden spout of water shot up from the broken pipe.一股水流突然从破裂的管道中喷出。
- whale spout
- 鲸鱼喷出的水柱
- We saw a whale spout in the distance.我们看到远处有一条鲸鱼喷出水柱。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 spout 中有 out，壶嘴朝外，液体或水柱正是从开口向外喷出。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：kitchen/dining (teapot, jug, kettle)、product descriptions and container design 作为名词，spout 最常用于茶壶、水壶等容器上供液体倒出的细长嘴部，在日常对话和产品说明中都较自然，属于中性用词；若指屋顶雨水管或水柱等含义，则更多出现在较正式或技术性描述中。本条目聚焦“壶嘴/喷嘴”这一常见义项。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 spout 押韵，重读元音都是 /aʊt/。注意拼写相似的词如 shout 和 trout 确实同韵，但 route 在英式英语中还可能读 /ruːt/，与 spout 不同韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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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