churn out

/tʃɜrn aʊt/· phrasal verb

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Chinese meaning

大量产出;源源不断地生产

快kuài速sù大dà量liàng地dì生shēng产chǎn

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该gāi星xīng系xì当dāng年nián源yuán源yuán不bù断duàn地dì诞dàn生shēng恒héng星xīng

Example

A particle detected at the South Pole was born in a galaxy that churned out stars when the Universe was young.

南极观测到的这颗粒子,诞生于宇宙早期一个恒星产出旺盛的星系。

Source: Nature

Background ✎

南nán极jí「冰bīng立lì方fāng」探tàn测cè到dào一yī颗kē中zhōng微wēi子zi,溯sù源yuán至zhì宇yǔ宙zhòu早zǎo期qī一yí个gè恒héng星xīng大dà量liàng诞dàn生shēng的de星xīng系xì「暗àn影yǐng爆bào能néng体tǐ」。

Roots · etymology

churn 本义搅拌黄油,喻像机器般连续产出

  • churn(原指搅拌黄油,喻机械化产出)+ out(向外,表持续输出)

Collocations

  • churn out movies / churn out reports / churn out products

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