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To spit is to propel saliva—which is also called spit—from your mouth. Generally speaking, it's rude to spit, particularly if you're at a fancy dinner party.
There are some parts of the world where it's socially acceptable to spit in public, and it was once accepted in most of the West too. During the Middle Ages, Western Europeans found it less polite to “suck back” spit than to, well, spit. And spittoons, receptacles for spitting in, were common until the early 20th century, when the influenza epidemic and public health campaigns about tuberculosis greatly reduced public spitting.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
spit out吐出
spit on向…吐唾沫
spit upon对……表示侮辱;向……吐唾沫
同义词
drivel / saliva / dribble / expectoration / drool
同根词
词根:spit
n.spat口角;蚝卵;蚝仔;掌击
spatter溅;洒;泼溅的污迹;少量
spitting分散;喷溅物;点燃导火线
spitter吐唾沫的人;以肉叉烤肉的人
v.spat吐口水(spit的过去式)
spitting吐痰;吐出;啐唾沫;用炙叉叉住(spit的ing形式)
vi.spat争吵;一巴掌打去
spatter洒落;溅出水滴
vt.spatter溅;洒;污蔑