Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
spout
I.spout1 /spaʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1. a small pipe on the side of a container that you pour liquid out through 2. spout of water/blood etc a sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast ⇨ ↑waterspout(1) 3. up the spout British English informal if something is up the spout, it is completely wrong or has failed completely: The computer’s up the spout! My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. II.spout2 BrE AmE verb [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: spouten] 1. a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream SYN spurt spout from Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm. b) [transitive] to send out liquid or flames very quickly in a powerful stream: a volcano spouting lava 2. (also spout off) [intransitive and transitive] informal to talk a lot about something in a boring or annoying way: My father was spouting his usual nonsense! I hate it when he spouts off like that! spout about I’m tired of listening to Jim spouting about politics. 3. [intransitive] if a ↑whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its head