spill

Compared meaning: liquid accidentally spilling out (verb).

比较义项：液体意外洒出、溢出（动词）。

• spill 本词

  The neutral, most common word for liquid accidentally escaping a container; works for any amount, from a few drops to a full spill, and carries no extra sense of force or noise.

  最中性、最常用的说法，指液体意外从容器中洒出；无论是几滴还是整杯洒出都适用，不额外带有用力或声响的意味。

  Try not to spill your milk when you pour it into the glass.

  把牛奶倒进杯子时，小心不要洒出来。

• splatter

  Stresses liquid scattering forcefully in messy drops or splashes across a surface, often making noise; used for paint, mud, or blood as much as drinks, and less tied to a container tipping.

  强调液体用力四溅、以杂乱的水滴或飞溅形式散落在表面上，常伴有声响；除了饮品，也常用于油漆、泥浆或血迹，且不一定与容器倾倒有关。

  Mud splattered up the back of her jeans as she ran through puddles.

  她跑过水坑时，泥点溅到了她牛仔裤的背面。

• slop

  An informal, homely word for liquid sloshing or splashing over the rim of a container, usually because it's overfull or being carried unsteadily; common with soup, water or slop buckets.

  口语化、带家常意味的说法，指液体因容器太满或搬运不稳而从边缘晃出或溅出；常用于汤、水或泔水桶等场合。

  Carrying the bucket up the stairs, he slopped water all over the floor.

  他把水桶提上楼梯时，水溅得满地都是。

Spill, splatter, and slop all mean liquid escaping accidentally. Spill is the neutral, most common word for any amount. Splatter means liquid scattering in messy drops, like paint or mud. Slop is informal: liquid sloshing over a container's rim when it is too full.

这三个词都表示液体意外洒出或溢出，但语气和场合不同：spill最中性常用，splatter强调用力四溅、发出声响、落在物体表面，slop则是口语化说法，指液体因晃动或装得太满而从容器边缘洒出。

Compared meaning: a fall, as in 'take a spill' (noun).

比较义项：摔倒、跌落（名词）。

• spill 本词

  A spill (n.) is a fall from something you were riding or standing on, like a bike or horse; often in the phrase 'take a spill'; informal, implies losing balance while moving.

  spill（名词）指从骑乘或站立的东西上摔下来，例如自行车或马；常用于 take a spill 这一说法；口语化，强调在移动中失去平衡。

  He took a bad spill off his mountain bike and scraped his knee.

  他从山地自行车上摔了下来，擦破了膝盖。

• tumble

  A tumble (n.) is a sudden, rolling or bouncing fall, often down stairs or a slope; used in 'take a tumble' or 'have a tumble'; commonly said of children or the elderly.

  tumble（名词）指突然的翻滚式跌落，常发生在楼梯或斜坡上；用于 take a tumble 或 have a tumble 这样的说法；常用来形容小孩或老人摔倒。

  The toddler took a tumble down the last two steps of the porch.

  那个小孩在门廊的最后两级台阶上摔了一跤，滚了下去。

Spill and tumble both mean a fall, as in 'take a spill' or 'take a tumble'. Spill is a fall from something you were riding or standing on, like a bike or horse. Tumble is a rolling or bouncing fall, down stairs or a slope.

这两个词在“摔了一跤”这个意义上很接近，常用于 take a spill / take a tumble 这样的固定搭配，但联想的场景不同：spill 多指从骑乘或站立的东西上摔下来，tumble 则强调翻滚、跌落的动作，常见于楼梯或斜坡。这里不比较 spill 作动词时“（把液体）洒出”的常见义项。