sputter
verb- [intransitive]
if an engine, a lamp or a fire sputters, it makes a series of short explosive sounds synonym splutter(引擎、灯或火)发出噼啪声 Suddenly the car sputtered and stopped. 突然,汽车噼啪作响,停了下来。 sputtering fireworks 噼啪作响的烟火
- [transitive] + speech | sputter something
to speak quickly and with difficulty, making soft spitting sounds, because you are angry or shocked synonym splutter气急败坏地说;急促而语无伦次地说
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): from Dutch sputteren, of imitative origin.