spare

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n. 剩余, 备用品, 备件, 备用零件, 备用轮胎 a. 多余的, 备用的, 空闲的, 节约的, 瘦的 vi. 节约, 省掉, 宽恕 vt. 节约, 省用, 剩下, 饶恕, 赦免

发音

UK /spɛə(ɹ)/
US /spɛɚ/
其它 /spɜː(ɹ)/
AU /speː/
NZ /speə/
NZ /spiə/
SCOT /speɹ/

词形变化

spares 复数 spares spared spares 三单 spareth sparing sparing 现在分词 spared 过去式 spared 过去分词 sparest sparedst 过去式 spareth 三单 spared 复数 sparer 比较级 sparer sparest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

剩余;备用零件

an additional thing, for example a key, that you keep so that it is available

动词

节约,吝惜;饶恕;分出,分让

If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose

动词

饶恕,宽恕;节约

形容词

多余的;瘦的;少量的

not being used or not needed at the present time

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    体育
  2. 2.

    The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

    体育
  3. 3.

    A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.

    加拿大
  4. 4.

    The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

  5. 5.

    Parsimony; frugal use.

  6. 6.

    An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

  7. 7.

    That which has not been used or expended.

  8. 8.

    A spare part.

    A spare tire.

    I stopped to help out. Do you have a spare? [Said by one motorist to another with a flat tire.]

  9. 9.

    A spare part.

    Any car part or comparable machine part in a supply chain.

    People sometimes forget that world-class logistics also involve inventory management in warehouses full of spares.

  10. 10.

    A superfluous or second-best person.

    an heir and a spare

  11. 11.

    assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

    及物

    Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air.

  2. 2.

    To show mercy, to have mercy on.

    To desist; to stop; to refrain.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To show mercy, to have mercy on.

    To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To show mercy, to have mercy on.

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

    及物
  5. 5.

    To show mercy, to have mercy on.

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

    To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To keep.

    To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To keep.

    To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To keep.

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

    及物
adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Extra.

    Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

    I have no spare time.

  2. 2.

    Extra.

    Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.

    a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre

  3. 3.

    Extra.

    Not occupied or in current use.

    We could rent out the spare room.

  4. 4.

    Not plentiful.

    Scant; not abundant or plentiful.

    a spare diet

  5. 5.

    Very angry; frustrated or distraught.

    英国 非正式

    When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.

    The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.

  6. 6.

    Not plentiful.

    Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.

  7. 7.

    Not plentiful.

    Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.

  8. 8.

    Not plentiful.

    Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

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词源

From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-. Compare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”).

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