n. sharp-pointed rod used in kitchen roasting烤肉用的铁叉。
△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.)要有一千个魔鬼拿着烧得通红的铁叉,咝咝响着刺透她们。
spit
vt.
1. put as on a spit. catch on the point of somethinglike a spit (像用烤肉叉一样)叉住。
△H.V.3.3.38:“Your naked infants spitted upon pikes,”你们那些光着身体的婴儿被挑在长矛尖上。
2. pierce through刺穿。
△Rom.4.3.57(56):“that (=who) did spit his body / Upon a rapier's point.”(他)用剑刺穿他的身体。
spit沙嘴
一种低平狭窄的海岸堆积地貌。基部依附陆地,前端突出于海中。常形成于海湾岬角处和河口附近。一般因沿岸流水速度降低、所挟带的泥沙沉淀而成。