spew

verb

🔊/spjuː/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they spew	🔊/spjuː/ 🔊/spjuː/
he / she / it spews	🔊/spjuːz/ 🔊/spjuːz/
past simple spewed	🔊/spjuːd/ 🔊/spjuːd/
past participle spewed	🔊/spjuːd/ 🔊/spjuːd/
-ing form spewing	🔊/ˈspjuːɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈspjuːɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] to flow out quickly, or to make something flow out quickly, in large amounts（使）喷出，涌出
- + adv./prep. Flames spewed from the aircraft's engine.飞机发动机喷出火焰。🔊🔊
- spew something + adv./prep. Massive chimneys were spewing out smoke.一座座高大的烟囱冒着烟。🔊🔊
[intransitive, transitive] (British English, informal) to vomit呕吐 (= bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth)
- spew (up) He spewed up on the pavement.他在人行道上吐了。🔊🔊
- He makes me want to spew.他让我想吐。
- spew something (up) She spewed up the entire meal.她把吃的饭全吐出来了。🔊🔊

Word OriginOld English spīwan, spēowan, of Germanic origin; related to German speien.