sputtering ['spʌtəɪŋ]

例句:

• The economy is already sputtering, with low or no growth.
  经济发展速度已经放慢，增长率很低，或者根本没有增长。
  
• A wick was sputtering feebly in a dish of oil.
  瓦油灯上结了一个大灯花,使微弱的灯光变得更加阴暗.
  
• Jack ran up to the referee, sputtering protest.
  贾克跑到裁判跟前, 唾沫飞溅地提出抗议.
  
• Who could bear several more months of this sputtering?
  来自NEWYORKER
• You could revive people with sputtering outrage.
  来自WSJ
• The car drove off, sputtering blue exhaust fumes behind it.
  来自R. Frame