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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilt}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spilling}.]
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal,
ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilled}, or {Spilt}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Spilling}.] [OE. spillen,sually, to destroy, AS.
spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to
destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde,G. & D. spillen to
squander, OHG. spildan.]
1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. [Obs.]
And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose
whether she would him save or spill. --Chaucer.
Greater glory think [it] to save than spill.
--Spenser.
2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse;
to waste. [Obs.]
They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the
whole workmanship. --Puttenham.
Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in
recreations. --Fuller.
3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or
suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to
substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to
spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a
vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or
flour.
Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss,
-- a loss or waste contrary to purpose.
4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or
suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a
man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
And to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --Dryden.
5. (Naut.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind,
so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to
lessen the strain.
{Spilling line} (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or
dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --Totten.
Spill \Spill\, n. [[root]170. Cf. {Spell} a splinter.]
1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically:
(a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a
spile.
(b) A metallic rod or pin.
(c) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a
lamplighter, etc.
(d) (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven
horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing
a level in loose ground.
3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
Spill \Spill\, v. i.
1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to
perish; to waste. [Obs.]
That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. --Chaucer.
2. To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or
wasted. ``He was so topful of himself, that he let it
spill on all the company.'' --I. Watts.
资料来源 : WordNet®
spill
v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a
container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: {slop},
{splatter}]
2: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled
across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn:
{run out}]
3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or
over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: {shed}, {disgorge}]
4: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or
small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed
His grace on Thee" [syn: {shed}, {pour forth}]
5: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!";
"The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: {talk}]
[also: {spilt}]
spill
n 1: liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
2: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or
other obstruction [syn: {spillway}, {wasteweir}]
3: the act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: {spillage}, {release}]
4: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty
spill on the ice" [syn: {tumble}, {fall}]
[also: {spilt}]
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spill
{register spilling}