Spare

[speə] or [spɛr]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls.

(verb.) use frugally or carefully.

(verb.) give up what is not strictly needed; 'he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey'.

(verb.) refrain from harming.

(verb.) save or relieve from an experience or action; 'I'll spare you from having to apologize formally'.

(adj.) thin and fit; 'the spare figure of a marathon runner'; 'a body kept trim by exercise' .

(adj.) kept in reserve especially for emergency use; 'a reserve supply of food'; 'a spare tire'; 'spare parts' .

(adj.) not taken up by scheduled activities; 'a free hour between classes'; 'spare time on my hands' .

錄入:泽维尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

(a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

(a.) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.

(a.) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

(a.) To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

(v. i.) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

(v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

(v. i.) To desist; to stop; to refrain.

(v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.

(v. t.) Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

(v. t.) Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.

(v. t.) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.

(v. t.) Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

(v. t.) Slow.

(n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

(n.) Parsimony; frugal use.

(n.) An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

(n.) That which has not been used or expended.

(n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

贝蒂整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Reserve, save, lay by, lay aside, set apart, set aside.[2]. Dispense with, do without, part with.[3]. Withhold, omit, forbear.[4]. Withhold from, keep from.[5]. Give, grant, afford, allow, give up.[6]. Preserve (from any thing dreaded).

v. n. [1]. Be frugal, be parsimonious.[2]. Forbear, refrain, be scrupulous.[3]. Be lenient, be merciful, be tender.

a. [1]. Scanty, sparing, not abundant, not plentiful.[2]. Lean, meagre, thin, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.[4]. Superfluous, supernumerary, not used, not wanted.

昌西整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Save, afford, grant, reserve, do_without, husband, economize, {[retniJi]?},s_o-o, grudge, discard, omit, forbear, withhold, refrain, abstain

ANT:Spend, squander, waste, lavish, scatter, expend, pour, indulge, vent

SYN:Scanty, unplentiful, inabundant, meagre, economical, frugal, stinted,restricted, parsimonious, niggardly, chary, superfluous, disposable, available,lean, thin, ill-conditioned

ANT:Ample, plentiful, abundant, profuse, liberal, unrestricted, generous,bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unbounded, available, well-conditioned

手打:利蒂希娅

解釋/意思:

v.t. to use frugally: to do without: to save from any use: to withhold from: to forbear from harming to treat tenderly: to part with willingly.—v.i. to be frugal: to forbear: to be tender: to be forgiving.—adj. sparing: frugal: scanty: lean: superfluous.—n. that which has been saved or stored away: in American bowling a point made by overturning all the pins with the first two balls.—adv. Spare′ly in a spare manner: sparingly.—ns. Spare′ness; Spār′er one who spares or avoids expense; Spare′rib a piece of pork consisting of ribs with the meat adhering to them.—adj. Spā′ring scarce: scanty: saving: merciful forgiving.—adv. Spār′ingly frugally: not abundantly: with abstinence: seldom: cautiously.—n. Spār′ingness the quality of being sparing: want of liberality: caution.

校對:凯尔西