spew
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spew /spjuː/ verb 1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (also spew out/forth)POUR to flow out of something quickly in large quantities, or to make something flow out in this way （使）喷出，（使）涌出 Factory chimneys spewed fumes out into the sky. 工厂的烟囱向空中喷吐浓烟。spew from/into/over etc Brown water spewed from the tap. 褐色的水从龙头里喷了出来。2 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (also spew out/forth) to say a lot of bad or negative things very quickly 发泄；破口大骂 Groups like these use the Internet to spew racial hatred. 像这类团体会使用因特网来发泄种族仇恨。3. [intransitive, transitive] (also spew up) informalSICK/VOMIT to vomit 呕吐→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
spew• Hate and hurt were spewed at the television.• The water spewed brokenly from its beak.• That upsets some anti-nuclear activists, who claim that a rocket explosion could spew cancer-causing radioactivity into the atmosphere.• The magic porridge pot that has spewed forth riches in the past may work for us for a few decades more.• Here, a fourth reminder of something spewed out from a computer.• People are sick of candidates spewing out one-line political solutions.• Motor vehicles spew over a ton of lead into the atmosphere of Bangkok every day.• Groups like these use the Internet to spew racial and religious hatred.• After the crime, patriot leaders appeared on nightly news and talk shows, spewing righteousness and anger.spew from/into/over etc• Motor vehicles spew over a ton of lead into the atmosphere of Bangkok every day.• Grass bits spewed into a white sack ballooning behind the motor.• Gary stared at her for a moment, pins spewing from his mouth and catching on the front of his black jersey.• This leads to premature wear and plumes of blue smoke spewing from the exhaust.• Corbelled gargoyles bristled, as if spewing into the warp.Origin spew Old English spiwanspew verbChinese
to Corpus of flow out something quickly
spew
spew /spjuː/
verb
Factory chimneys spewed fumes out into the sky.
spew from/into/over etc
Brown water spewed from the tap.
2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (also spew out/forth) to say a lot of bad or negative things very quickly:
Groups like these use the Internet to spew racial hatred.
3. [intransitive and transitive] (also spew up) informal to vomit
spew /spjuː/
verb Language: Old English
Origin: spiwan
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (also spew out/forth) to flow out of something quickly in large quantities, or to make something flow out in this way:Origin: spiwan
spew from/into/over etc
2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (also spew out/forth) to say a lot of bad or negative things very quickly:
3. [intransitive and transitive] (also spew up) informal to vomit