spill/spIl; spIl/v past tense and past participle spilt /spIlt; spIlt/especially BrE 【尤英】; spilled especially AmE 【尤美】1 [I,T] if a liquid spills or if you spill it, it flows over the edge of a container by accident [→ pour](使)泼洒﹐(使)溅出﹐(使)溢出: spill (sth) on/over sth I spilled coffee on my shirt. 我把咖啡洒到衬衫上了。+out Some water had spilled out onto the floor. 一些水洒到地板上了。2 [I] if people spill out of a place, a lot of them leave at the same time [ pour ] 〔人〕涌出﹐蜂拥而出: +out/onto/into etc The doors opened and people spilled out into the street. 门开了﹐人们涌到街上。3 spill the beansinformal to tell something that other people wanted you to keep secret【非正式】泄漏秘密﹐走露风声 —spill n [C]: a huge oil spill in the Atlantic 大西洋上一个严重的溢油事件spill over phr v if a problem spills over, it begins to affect other places, people etc〔问题或坏情况〕蔓延﹐扩散: +into There's a danger that the fighting will spill over into other countries. 战争有蔓延到其他国家的危险。