Dictionary entry
Spurt
Pronunciation: /spəːt/
Pronunciation
/spəːt/
Myanmar Meaning
ပန်း၍ ထွက်စေသည်။ ရုတ်တရက် အားထုတ်ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ ရုတ်တရက် ပန်းထွက်ခြင်း။ ရုတ်တရက် အရှိန်မြှင့်ခြင်း ၊ ကြီးထွားမှု ပိုမိုလာခြင်း။
Definition
spurt /spɜ:t / v ၁။ (က) ~ (out) (from sth) ပန္းထြက္သည္။ There was water spurting from a broken pipe. ❍ Blood spurted out from the wound. (ခ) ~ sth (out) ပန္း ထုတ္သည္။ The volcano spurted (out) molten lava. ၂။ ဖ်တ္ခနဲထိုးထြက္သည္။ He spurted (past the others) as they approached the line. n ၁။ ေငါက္ခနဲ ပန္းထြက္ျခင္း။ The water came out with a spurt. ၂။ တစ္သြန္တည္းသုတ္ျခင္း။ ဟုပ္ခနဲ က်ံဳးျခင္း။ put on (ie make) a spurt ❍ make a spurt for the finishing line ❍ a sudden spurt of energy ❍ working in spurts.
Examples
- ‘A stream of blood spurted out of his nose.’
- ‘By 8.40 am
- water was spurting out of the hole at a rate of 200 litres a second.’
- ‘Witnesses saw blood spurting from the wound as she ran to them for help.’
- ‘The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air.’
- ‘The man yelled in pain as blood spurted out of his wound.’
- ‘As the fire swept over the car the fuel tank began to boil and a six metre jet of flames spurted out of the back of the car.’
- ‘Blood started to spurt out of the wound
- and I held my hand to my chest to stop the blood.’
- ‘When an emergency arises
- a pipe bursts and hot water spurts from underneath the cabin
- she grabs her child and goes to look for help.’
- ‘The bullets slammed into Kessler's arm and chest
- sending the gun flying one way and the man the other way
- blood spurting from the bullet holes as he went spinning through the air.’
- ‘He stood clutching his neck
- blood spurting out in pumps
- a look of shock upon his face.’
- ‘A warm stream of water spurted out and hit me square in the face.’
- ‘There was an almighty clank inside the mixer unit and boiling hot water started spurting out the sides and over the edge of the bath onto the floor.’
- ‘Then the pipes started to shudder
- the faucet spurting dirty water into the soap-filled sink.’
- ‘Tiffindell gets a sprinkling of snow each year
- but relies largely on snow machines
- which spurt out a steady stream of snow over their single 500-metre slope during winter.’
- ‘The pipe in Christ Church Road
- Epsom
- first burst on Thursday
- September 4
- and started spurting water over the Khaldi family's drive.’
- ‘Families come carrying picnic baskets
- couples stroll holding hands
- mothers push babies in prams
- some people simply watch birds and others stand to marvel at the fountain spurting water.’
- ‘They were drenched with cold water when holes in the walls of the bathroom facilities unexpectedly began to spurt water when someone switched on the water main.’
- ‘The lake's remarkable centerpiece is a massive
- yet elegant fountain that spurts water as high as 36 feet into the air.’
- ‘Year-on-year growth in output per worker spurted to 2.9 % in the second quarter.’
- ‘On entering Henry Street
- the car's engine revs
- it spurts forward and the driver appears to lose control momentarily.’