speel

v. 攀爬, 爬

发音

AU

词形变化

speels 复数 speels 三单 speeling 现在分词 speeled 过去式 speeled 过去分词

别名

speil spele speal spiel spael spool

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A story; a spiel.

    南非
  2. 1.

    A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.

  3. 1.

    A game.

    苏格兰 方言

    To play a good speel.

v.
  1. 1.

    To climb.

    方言

    1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218, This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.

    1860, Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, page 255, There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.

  2. 1.

    To talk at length, to spiel.

    1973, Irene Baird, Waste Heritage, Macmillan of Canada, page 262, “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night. […] ”

  3. 1.

    To run.

    澳大利亚 方言
  4. 1.

    To lake, play, sport, take amusement.

    苏格兰 方言

    To speel ba'.

词源

Probably from Afrikaans speel. Compare Middle English spel (“a story; tale; narrative”). Doublet of spell and shpiel.

来源：wiktionary