spell
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英[spel]
|美[spɛl]
vt.拼写;导致,意味着;组成(一个词)的字母是…
vi.轮替
n.符咒,咒语;魅力;一段时间;轮班
日语:スペル
法语:épeler
德语:Fluch
韩语:주문
俄语:deletrear
牛津词典
verb
- 用字母拼;拼写
to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
- How do you spell your surname?
你的姓怎么拼? - I thought her name was Catherine, but it's Kathryn spelt with a ‘K’.
我原以为她叫Catherine,其实是Kathryn,以K开头。
- 拼出,会拼(单词)
to form words correctly from individual letters
- I've never been able to spell.
我一直不会拼写。 - You've spelt my name wrong.
你把我的名字拼错了。
- 拼作;拼成
to form words when they are put together in a particular order
- C─A─T spells ‘cat’.
C─A─T拼作cat。
- 招致,意味着(通常指坏事)
to have sth, usually sth bad, as a result; to mean sth, usually sth bad
- The crop failure spelt disaster for many farmers.
对许多农民来说,庄稼歉收就意味着灾难。
- (短时间)替换,顶替
to replace for a short time sb who is doing a particular activity so that they can rest
- Carter will be here in an hour to spell you.
卡特一小时后过来替换你。
noun
- (持续的)一段时间
a short period of time during which sth lasts
- a spell of warm weather
一段天气温暖的日子 - a cold/hot/wet/bright, etc. spell
一段寒冷、炎热、多雨、晴朗等的日子 - There will be rain at first, with sunny spells later.
开始会有雨,雨后间晴。 - She went to the doctor complaining of dizzy spells .
她去找医生看病,说自己一阵一阵地头昏。
- (干某事或在某处工作的)一段时间
a period of time doing sth or working somewhere
- She had a spell as a singer before becoming an actress.
在当演员以前她唱过一阵子歌。 - I spent a brief spell on the Washington Post.
我曾在《华盛顿邮报》工作过一小段时间。
- 咒语;符咒;魔法
words that are thought to have magic power or to make a piece of magic work; a piece of magic that happens when sb says these magic words
- a magic spell
魔咒 - a book of spells
咒语集 - The wizard recited a spell.
巫师念了一道咒语。 - to cast/put a spell on sb
对某人施魔法 - to be under a spell (= affected by magic)
中了魔法
- 魅力;魔力
a quality that a person or thing has that makes them so attractive or interesting that they have a strong influence on you
- I completely fell under her spell .
我完全给她迷住了。
网络解释
vt. 拼,拼写;意味着;招致;拼成;迷住;轮值
n. 符咒;一段时间;魅力
vi. 拼字;轮替
n. (Spell)人名;(英)斯佩尔
词形变化
名词复数形式:spells 过去分词:spelt 第三人称单数:spells 现在分词:spelling 过去式:spelt
中文词源
spell 拼写,拼读,符咒,咒语,魔力
来自古英语 spell,故事,叙述,寓言,来自 Proto-Germanic*spellam,说,告知,来自 PIE*spel, 说,念,吟诵,背诵。引申词义符咒,咒语,魔力等。词义拼写来自古法语同源词 espelir, 拼写,拼读,发音。
双语例句
- You gradually fall under the spell and get drawn in deeper and deeper
你会渐渐着魔,越陷越深。
- A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.
一度身体欠佳令她表现有失水准。
- Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.
禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。
- Children write down the word, cover it up and then try to spell it from memory.
孩子们把这个词写下来蒙住,然后试着凭记忆拼出来。
- Jacqueline is not relishing the prospect of another spell in prison
杰奎琳可不想再蹲一阵子监狱。
- If we have a wet spell, Cecil could also run Armiger in the Derby.
如果我们遇上持续下雨,塞西尔也能让“扈从”参加德比马赛。
- He gave his name and then helpfully spelt it
他说出自己的名字,然后又热心地将它拼了出来。
- How do you spell 'potato'?
potato这个词怎么拼写?
- 'Tang' is 'Gnat' spelt backwards.
Gnat倒着写出来就是Tang。
- It's shocking how students can't spell these days
当今的学生们拼写上差得令人吃惊。
- If the irrigation plan goes ahead, it could spell disaster for the birds
如果灌溉计划开始实施,它可能会给鸟类带来灾难。
- A report has just arrived on government desks which spells more trouble.
刚刚有一份报告被送到政府手中,这意味着将要出现更多的麻烦。
- There has been a long spell of dry weather
很长一段时间里天气一直很干燥。
- You join a barrister for two six-month spells of practical experience.
你跟着一位出庭律师进行两期为时6个月的实习工作。
- They say she died after a witch cast a spell on her.
他们说她是被一个女巫施了魔法后死的。
- For many years sundials have cast their spell over scientists and mathematicians
多年来,日晷一直吸引着科学家和数学家们。
- People said he was able to cast a spell on the public.
人们说他能吸引公众。
- Even sensible Frank had fallen under her spell.
甚至连一向理智的弗兰克都被她迷住了。
- Be assertive and spell out exactly how you feel
要自信点儿,把自己的感受讲清楚。
- How many times do I have to spell it out?
我要仔仔细细讲多少遍?
- The girl often has a crying spell.
这个姑娘常常会哭一阵子。
- As he talked with more and more gusto, we came more and more under his spell.
他越说越起劲,大家越听越入神。
- Someone's spell of good fortune has run out.
气数已尽。
- Take care to spell every word right.
注意把每个词拼正确。
- Now we can have a breathing spell.
现在我们可以松一口气了。
- The dry spell is over.
旱象已经解除。
- It's not fair to hold me up to ridicule because I can't spell!
因为我拼不出来就讥笑我,这是不公平的。
- Do not allow the opponents a breathing spell.
不让对手有喘息的机会。
- Tina seems able to cast a spell over Terry and get him to do anything she wants.
蒂娜似乎能够迷住特里,并随心所欲地支配他。
- If he happened to find a man having a spell the culprit was immediately discharged.
他如果发现某人有偷懒的嫌疑就会立即把那个人开除掉。
语源
Middle English: shortening of Old French espeller, from the Germanic base of spellOld English spel(l) narration, of Germanic originlate 16th cent.: variant of dialect speletake the place of, of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was shift of relief workerslate Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete speldchip, splinter