splutter

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My literary pretensions made C splutter with laughter, but poetry weaves a potent spell.
我木訥的搞怪做作讓C捧腹大笑。但是詩歌卻編織了一個強有力的詛咒。
Hotel lifts get stuck, and even the espresso machines in Hanoi’s Parisian-style cafés splutter to a halt.
旅館電梯停止了運轉，甚至連河內的法式咖啡館里的咖啡機也無法工作。
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MECHANICS checking for a blockage in a car’s fuel pipes know to floor the accelerator, for a splutter then indicates a problem that may not show up when the engine is idling.
一輛汽車堵塞的燃料管道，會阻礙加速器的運行，對它進行結構檢查，在雜亂倉促的運轉中也許能顯示出發(fā)動機空閑時不會表現(xiàn)的問題。

If the economy continues to splutter into next year, Mr Bush could find himself with a tough re-election fight on his hands.
ECONOMIST: Bush goes global The
This last remark is said with a derisive splutter.
ECONOMIST: American sculptors: The heart of the matter

(of a person) to speak in a quick and confused way, producing short, unclear noises because of surprise, anger, etc., or (of a person or thing) to make a series of noises similar to this

If someone splutters, they make short sounds and have difficulty speaking clearly, for example because they are embarrassed or angry.
If something splutters, it makes a series of short, sharp sounds.