Spell
[spel] or [spɛl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a verbal formula believed to have magical force; 'he whispered a spell as he moved his hands'; 'inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese'.
(verb.) take turns working; 'the workers spell every four hours'.
(verb.) indicate or signify; 'I'm afraid this spells trouble!'.
(verb.) orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; 'How do you spell this word?' 'We had to spell out our names for the police officer'.
(verb.) place under a spell.
(verb.) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); 'He spelled the word wrong in this letter'.
(verb.) relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; 'She spelled her husband at the wheel'.
錄入:保拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A spelk, or splinter.
(v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
(n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
(n.) The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
(n.) One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
(n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.
(n.) A story; a tale.
(n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
(v. t.) To tell; to relate; to teach.
(v. t.) To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
(v. t.) To constitute; to measure.
(v. t.) To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
(v. t.) To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
(v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
(v. i.) To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Charm, incantation, exorcism.[2]. Turn (at work).[3]. Season, term, period, interval, fit.
v. a. [1]. Represent by letters.[2]. Relieve (by taking a turn at work), help, aid, assist.
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解釋/意思:
n. any form of words supposed to possess magical power: fascination.—v.t. to tell or name the letters of: to name write or print the proper letters of.—v.i. to form words with the proper letters: to study:—pr.p. spell′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. spelled spelt.—adjs. Spell′able capable of being spelled; Spell′-bound Spell′-stopped (Shak.) entranced fascinated.—ns. Spell′er one who spells: one skilled in spelling; Spell′ing act of spelling or naming the letters of words: orthography; Spell′ing-bee a competition in spelling; Spell′ing-book a book for teaching to spell; Spell′-work that which is wrought by spells or charms: power of magic.—Spell backward to spell repeat or arrange in reverse order: to understand in a contrary sense: to turn wrong-side out misconstrue one's qualities; Spell baker to do something difficult that word being one of the earliest dissyllables in children's books.
v.t. to take another's place at work:—pr.p. spell′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. spelled.—n. a turn at work: a short period indefinitely: an interval of rest: a bad turn.
錄入:史黛西
例句/造句/用法:
- I sat gazing at him, spell-bound. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- All this time, as if a spell were on him, he was motionless and powerless, except to watch her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- And this is another spell against which the shedder of blood for ever strives in vain. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- How do you spell Gargery, Joe? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The spell lies in two words, replied Wamba--'Pax vobiscum' will answer all queries. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- His faculties seemed tranced, and he was still groping for the word to break the spell. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- A task too strong for wizard spells This squire had brought about; 'T is easy dropping stones in wells, But who shall get them out? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is probable that the warm spells have been long relatively to the cold ages. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Its history and its associations are its chiefest charm, in any eyes, and the spells they weave are feeble in the searching light of the sun. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But in this respect he is singularly free, and his spells of anger are really few. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Are the old stories true, and have my spells drawn you back to my side? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Beware the spells of Circe. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Tony, says Mr. Guppy, uncrossing and recrossing his legs, how do you suppose he spelt out that name of Hawdon? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He never spelt it out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The durum or macaroni wheats do especially well; but other varieties are also grown, as are oats, rye, barley and spelt. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Then the bay tried me with a second word, much harder to be pronounced; but reducing it to the English orthography, may be spelt thus, _Houyhnhnm_. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Do you remember when you wrote to him to come on Twelfth-night, Emmy, and spelt twelfth without the f? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You may fancy my state when I read your poor dear old ill-spelt letter. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He took the letters that spelled the first word, and putting them in their proper order tied them together with a string. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- At length a veteran officer spelled it over deliberately and shook his head three or four times and said that in his opinion it was seditious. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- After spelling it out slowly, the man made it into a little roll, and tied it up in an end of his neckerchief still more slowly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Why, as to the spelling of it,' returned Mr Boffin, with great presence of mind, 'that's YOUR look out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The book had an alphabet in it, some figures and tables, and a little spelling,--that is to say, it had had once. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Zoroaster (the Greek spelling of the Iranian, Zarathustra), like Buddha, was an Aryan. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He never wrote to me without asking for money in his life, and all his letters are full of bad spelling, and dashes, and bad grammar. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The literary style is good, there are only a few trivial slips in spelling, and the appreciation is keen of what would be interesting news and gossip. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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