1. | [i] (引擎、灯或火)发出噼啪声if an engine, a lamp or a firesputters , it makes a series of short explosive sounds |
sputtering fireworks 噼啪作响的烟火 |
2. | [t] + speech.~ sth 气急败坏地说;急促而语无伦次地说to speak quickly and with difficulty, making soft spitting sounds, because you are angry or shocked |
‘W-What?’ sputtered Anna. “什…什么?”安娜气急败坏地说。 |