spew
spew — 動詞
- spewpresent simple I / you / we / they
- spewshe / she / it
- spewedpast simple
- spewing-ing form
1. to come out in a fast, forceful stream of liquid, gas, smoke, or small particles
噴出；冒出
液體、氣體或煙霧快速大量湧出
to come out in a fast, forceful stream of liquid, gas, smoke, or small particles — or to cause something to come out this way. Often used figuratively for strong emotions, insults, or streams of words.
Black smoke spewed from the factory chimney all morning, coating the whole street with ash.
工廠煙囪整個早上都在冒黑煙，整條街都覆上了一層灰。
intransitive: spew from + source
The broken hydrant spewed water ten feet into the air before the crew shut it off.
消防栓被撞壞後，水柱噴了十英尺高，維修人員才來關掉。
Dmitri's old radiator spewed steam into the kitchen every time he turned the heating on.
Dmitri 的老暖氣每次一開就會往廚房噴蒸氣。
At the town hall meeting, Mei-Lin spewed angry complaints that silenced the room.
在鎮公所的爭論中，Mei-Lin 一股腦地吐出滿腔憤怒的抱怨，全場頓時鴉雀無聲。
The volcano on the island spewed lava for three days straight before the evacuation order came.
島上的火山一連噴了三天岩漿，疏散令才終於下來。
文法句型
spew from/out of something
spew + noun phrase + over/into/from something
用法筆記
This sense often describes unwanted or excessive flow — polluted smoke, leaking chemicals, or uncontrolled emotional outbursts. The subject can be either the source (The chimney spewed smoke) or the substance itself (Smoke spewed from the chimney).
常見錯誤
2. to bring the contents of your stomach up and out through your mouth, usually bec
嘔吐
把胃中物從嘴裡吐出（非正式）
to bring the contents of your stomach up and out through your mouth, usually because you are sick or disgusted
The baby spewed milk all over his mother's clean shirt right after the feeding.
寶寶剛餵完奶就把奶全吐在媽媽乾淨的襯衫上。
transitive: spew + object + all over
Olu barely reached the bathroom before he spewed up the bad sushi from lunch.
Olu 勉強撐到浴室，才把午餐吃壞的壽司吐了出來。
spew up + object
Little Hina spewed into a bag during the long car ride through the mountains.
小 Hina 在蜿蜒的山路上坐了漫長的車程，最後吐在一個塑膠袋裡。
Tariq's dog spewed on the carpet after eating trash from the kitchen bin.
Tariq 的狗在廚房垃圾桶翻到東西吃了以後，吐在地毯上。
文法句型
spew (on/over something)
spew up + noun phrase
用法筆記
Less common than 'puke' or 'throw up' for describing vomiting. In informal American speech, people usually say 'puke' or 'throw up' instead. 'Spew' is more vivid and suggests a larger, faster amount of vomit.
常見錯誤
spew — 名詞
1. the food, liquid, and other contents of the stomach that have been forced up and
嘔吐物
從胃中吐出的東西（非正式）
the food, liquid, and other contents of the stomach that have been forced up and out through the mouth
The janitor mopped a puddle of spew from the hall before the next class started.
工友在下節課前用拖把把走廊地上的一灘嘔吐物清理乾淨。
collocation: puddle of spew
Wei stepped in wet dog spew near the curb and quickly wiped his shoe on the grass.
Wei 踩到路邊濕濕的東西，仔細一看是早上遛狗留下的嘔吐物。
The vet asked if the spew contained pieces of the toy the puppy had swallowed.
獸醫問嘔吐物裡有沒有小狗吞下的玩具碎片。
The cat left a pile of spew on the kitchen mat, and Sofia cleaned it with paper towels.
貓咪在廚房踏墊上吐了一灘，Sofia 用紙巾把它擦乾淨。
文法句型
a pool/puddle of spew
clean up spew
用法筆記
Uncountable — never 'a spew' or 'spews' for this sense. Much less common than 'vomit' or 'puke' as a noun. Used mostly in informal, vivid descriptions rather than medical or neutral writing.
常見錯誤
2. an unwanted substance that has leaked, flowed, or been pushed out of a pipe, con
噴出廢料
從管線或機器中噴出的工業廢料
an unwanted substance that has leaked, flowed, or been pushed out of a pipe, container, or machine under pressure
The broken pipe left a trail of oily spew along the drainage ditch by the road.
那根壞掉的工廠管道在路邊排水溝留下一道油膩的黑色的排出物。
industrial context: oily spew from pipe
Chemical spew was found leaking from a crack in an old steel tank near the river.
河邊一個老舊鋼槽的裂縫中發現有化學噴出廢料滲出。
Workers sealed the leak and collected the oily spew in barrels for disposal.
工人封住了洩漏處，把油膩的廢液收集到桶裡準備處理。
The factory was fined for allowing chemical spew to drain into the city storm drains.
該工廠因讓化學廢液流入市區雨水下水道而被罰款。
文法句型
spew from/out of [something]
用法筆記
Very rare and technical. You are far more likely to hear or read 'spew' as a verb. When used as a noun in this sense, it usually appears in environmental or industrial reports describing unwanted discharge.