sputtering

基本解釋

A whole goat is sputtering over the fire.
一整衹被烤的山羊在火上劈啪作響。
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Sputtering overall demand tends to reduce demand for capital, too.
濺射縂需求也會趨於減少資本需求。
He looked at me, his hands sputtering in the air in a gesture of defeat.
他看著我，雙手?jǐn)傞_在空氣裡，做出一個失敗的手勢。

Most obviously, a sputtering economy spells difficulties for President Obama in making his case for re-election.
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At one end, not enough cheap coal is being dug up and gasfields are sputtering.
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Meanwhile, PhD economists are befuddled why production, as measured by sputtering GDP, stalls.
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If something such as an engine or a flame sputters, it works or burns in an uneven way and makes a series of soft popping sounds.