| 释义 |
spitter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈspɪt.ər/ us /ˈspɪt.ɚ/
spitternoun[C] (PERSON)
a person who forces saliva out of their mouth:
Spitters can receive heavy fines in this country.
Many local people are confirmed spitters and find it hard to lose the habit.
Uniformed guards patrol the square watching for spitters and people throwing litter.
Spitters show contempt for the world by their actions.
She condemns all spitters, belchers, and people who use foul language.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
biliary
bilirubin
bodily fluid
bogy
break out in a cold sweat
gob
perspire
purulent
pus
saliva
salivary
salivate
salivation
semen
seminal fluid
seminiferous
slag
slaver
slobber
snotty
spitternoun[C] (BASEBALL)
informal
in baseball, an illegal throw in which the ball moves a lot as it goes towards the player with the bat because the pitcher(= the player who throws the ball) has made one side of the ball wet:
My brother showed me how to throw a spitter.
Jones threw a spitter to strike out the hitter.
Synonym
spitball SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac solo split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing Related wordspit
|