n. sharp-pointed rod used in kitchen roasting烤肉用的鐵叉。
△Lr.3.6.17(15):“To have a thousandwith red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em—”(Lear is devising punishments to inflict upon hisdaughters.)要有一千個(gè)魔鬼拿著燒得通紅的鐵叉,咝咝響著刺透她們。
spit
vt.
1. put as on a spit. catch on the point of somethinglike a spit (像用烤肉叉一樣)叉住。
△H.V.3.3.38:“Your naked infants spitted upon pikes,”你們那些光著身體的嬰兒被挑在長矛尖上。
2. pierce through刺穿。
△Rom.4.3.57(56):“that (=who) did spit his body / Upon a rapier's point.”(他)用劍刺穿他的身體。
spit沙嘴
一種低平狹窄的海岸堆積地貌?;恳栏疥懙?,前端突出于海中。常形成于海灣岬角處和河口附近。一般因沿岸流水速度降低、所挾帶的泥沙沉淀而成。