spot

n.地点，场所；斑点，污点；[股票]现货；职位，职务

v.弄上污渍，弄上斑点；污辱，玷污；认出，发现；散步

adj.现场的；现货的；插播的

abbr.satellite positioning and tracking 卫星定位和跟踪

noun

斑点；点 small mark

1. 斑点
   a small round area that has a different colour or feels different from the surface it is on
   1. Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger?
      有斑点的是豹还是虎？
   2. The male bird has a red spot on its beak.
      雄鸟喙上有一个红点。
   3. She was wearing a black skirt with white spots.
      她穿着一条黑底白点的裙子。
2. 污迹；污渍；脏点
   a small dirty mark on sth
   1. His jacket was covered with spots of mud.
      他的上衣满是泥点。
   2. rust spots
      锈斑
3. （皮肤上的）丘疹，疱疹，粉刺；脓疱
   a small mark or lump on a person's skin, sometimes with a yellow head to it
   1. The baby's whole body was covered in small red spots.
      当时这孩子浑身布满小红疙瘩。
   2. teenagers worried about their spots
      为长粉刺而烦恼的青少年

地点 place

4. 地点；场所；处所
   a particular area or place
   1. a quiet/secluded/lonely, etc. spot
      宁静、僻静、偏僻等的地方
   2. He showed me the exact spot where he had asked her to marry him.
      他把他当时向她求婚的确切地点指给我看。
   3. She stood rooted to the spot with fear (= unable to move) .
      她吓得呆若木鸡地站在那里。
   4. a tourist spot
      旅游景点

少量 small amount

5. 少量；一点
   a small amount of sth
   1. He's in a spot of trouble.
      他遇到一点麻烦。
6. 几滴，少许（液体）
   a small amount of a liquid
   1. I felt a few spots of rain.
      我感觉掉雨点了。

一段节目 part of show

7. （电视、广播中或俱乐部、剧院演出中）某演员的固定节目，某类节目的固定栏目
   a part of a television, radio, club or theatre show that is given to a particular entertainer or type of entertainment
   1. a guest/solo spot
      嘉宾节目；单人表演

竞赛 in competition

8. 排名位置
   a position in a competition or an event
   1. two teams battling for top spot
      争夺冠军地位的两个队

灯光 light

灯光 light

verb

1. 看见；看出；注意到；发现
   to see or notice a person or thing, especially suddenly or when it is not easy to do so
   1. I finally spotted my friend in the crowd.
      我终于在人群中看见了我的朋友。
   2. I've just spotted a mistake on the front cover.
      我刚才在封面上发现了一处错误。
   3. Can you spot the difference between these two pictures?
      你能不能看出这两幅画有什么不同？
   4. Neighbours spotted smoke coming out of the house.
      邻居们发现有烟从这所房子里冒出来。
   5. No one spotted that the gun was a fake.
      没有人留意到那是一支假枪。
   6. I soon spotted what the mistake was.
      我很快就看出错误所在了。
2. （对比赛对手）让分，让子，让步
   to give your opponent or the other team an advantage
   1. We spotted the opposing team two goals.
      我们让对手两个球。

adj.

1. 现货交易的；立即支付的
   connected with a system of trading where goods are delivered and paid for immediately after sale
   1. spot prices
      现货价格

名词复数形式:spots 过去式:spotted 过去分词:spotted 现在分词:spotting 第三人称单数:spots

spot 斑点，污迹，丘疹，粉刺，少量，少许，地点，场所spot 看见，认出，发现

来自中古英语 splot,来自古英语 splott,斑点，污迹，来自 Proto-Germanic*spluttaz,小块，分开， 来自 PIE*spel,分开，劈开，词源同 spill,split.引申诸相关词义。来自 spot,斑点，污迹，后用于指罪犯，引申词义认出，发现罪犯踪迹。后词义中性化。

1. If mistakes occurred, they were assumed to be the fault of the commander on the spot
   如果出现了错误，就会认为是现场指挥官的失误。
2. The accident happened on a notorious black spot on the A43.
   事故发生在A43号公路上一个出了名的事故多发地段。
3. Vince is having a spot of bother with the law.
   文斯惹上了点儿官司。
4. On the night of the fireworks we had a really good spot.
   观看焰火表演的那天晚上，我们找了一个非常好的位置。
5. Now with this particular piece of instrumentation, you can actually spot individual carbon atoms.
   现在利用这件特定的仪器，就可以真正观察到单个碳原子了。
6. A huge crater marks the spot where the explosion happened.
   巨大的弹坑标明了爆炸发生的地点。
7. In 1664 Hooke observed a reddish spot on the surface of the planet.
   1664年，胡克注意到这颗行星表面有一块微红的斑点。
8. They found a spot on a rocky platform where they could pitch their tents.
   他们在一块岩石平台上找到了一个可以搭帐篷的地方。
9. We just stopped there, rooted to the spot.
   我们一下子就停在了那里，呆若木鸡。
10. The leaves have yellow areas on the top and underneath are powdery orange spots
    叶子的表面有黄色斑块，背面则有桔色粉状圆点。
11. The swimsuit comes in navy with white spots or blue with green spots.
    这款泳衣有藏青色带白色圆点的，也有蓝色带绿色圆点的。
12. Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples.
    千万不要挤黑头、小肿块或粉刺。
13. Spots of rain had begun to fall
    雨点开始落下来了。
14. Secure with a few spots of glue.
    用几滴胶水粘住。
15. Mr Brooke is undoubtedly in a spot of bother
    布鲁克先生肯定遇到了点小麻烦。
16. A year or two ago I found myself indulging in a spot of yachting in Finnish waters
    一两年前，我有一阵子曾迷上了在芬兰海域中进行帆船运动。
17. We've given all the club members tea, coffee and a spot of lunch.
    我们为所有俱乐部成员都提供了茶、咖啡和简单的午餐。
18. They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots
    他们在岛上最著名的几处旅游景点作了停留。
19. They all stood there staring, as if frozen to the spot.
    他们都站在那儿发愣，就像被冻在那里似的。
20. Unsuccessful at screen writing, he got a spot on a CNN film show.
    写电影剧本未获成功后，他在美国有线新闻网的一档电影节目中争取到了一个固定时段。
21. Vicenzo failed to spot the error
    维森佐未能发现该错误。
22. He left the party seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs.
    就在他离开聚会几秒钟后有人发现烟雾顺着楼梯冒上来了。
23. Mr Connolly is their 'man on the spot' and the person you can call if you have a complaint.
    康诺利先生是他们的“现场代表”，要投诉可以和他联系。
24. James was called to see the producer and got the job on the spot
    詹姆斯被叫去见制片人，当场就得到了那份工作。
25. The surveyor will use a laptop computer to give on the spot advice.
    检测员会用一台手提电脑当场给出意见。
26. He put me on the spot a bit because he invited me right in front of his mum and I didn't particularly want to go
    他让我有点难堪，因为他当着他母亲的面邀请我，而我又不太想去。
27. Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.
    即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。
28. In a tight spot there is no one I would sooner see than Frank.
    有麻烦时，我会首先去找弗兰克。
29. That puts the president in a tight spot if the vote is not a resounding 'yes'
    如果投票结果不是一个响亮的“是”，总统的处境就不妙了。
30. The question put me on the spot.
    这问题一下子把我难住了。