spill
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they spill | |
| he / she / it spills | |
| past simple spilled | |
| past participle spilled | |
| past simple spilt | |
| past participle spilt | |
| -ing form spilling |
- [intransitive, transitive]
(especially of liquid 尤指液体 to flow over the edge of a container by accident; to make liquid do this （使）洒出，泼出，溢出 Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor. 桶里的水洒出来了，洒了一地。 The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere. 袋子裂开了，糖洒得到处都是。 - (figurative)
Light spilled from the windows. 灯光从窗口照射出来。 - (figurative)
He opened the curtains, letting the morning light spill into the room. 他拉开窗帘，让晨光洒进房间里。 - spill something
He startled her and made her spill her drink. 她让他吓了一跳，把饮料弄洒了。 Thousands of gallons of crude oil were spilled into the ocean. 成千上万加仑的原油泄漏，流进了海洋。 I managed to carry three full glasses without spilling a drop. 我设法端了三满杯，一滴也没洒出来。 I accidentally spilled my drink all over him. 我不小心把饮料洒了他一身。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- accidentally
- out
- …
- try not to
- let something
- across
- down
- from
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of people 人 to come out of a place in large numbers and spread out 涌出；蜂拥而出 The doors opened and people spilled into the street. 门开了，人们涌上街道。 After the clubs closed, the drinkers spilled out into the streets. 俱乐部打烊后，酒客们涌到大街上。
Word Originverb Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood)’; of unknown origin.
Idioms
cry over spilt milk (British English)
(US English cry over spilled milk)
spill the beans
- (informal)
to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private 泄露秘密；说漏嘴
spill (somebody’s) blood
- (formal or literary)
to kill or wound somebody 使流血；伤害；杀死 Nothing can justify spilling innocent blood. 无论任何理由残害无辜都是不正当的。
spill your guts (to somebody)
- (North American English, informal)
to tell somebody everything you know or feel about something, because you are upset （向某人）倾诉心里话 He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography. 他在他的新自传中倾吐了自己的心声。