spur
n. 马刺, 刺激物, 鼓舞 vt. 刺激, 激励, 用马刺策(马)前进 vi. 用马刺驱马, 疾驰
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1.
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
马刺
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2.
A jab given with the spurs.
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3.
Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
鞭策
激励
刺激
鼓舞
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4.
An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
距
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5.
Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
支线
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6.
Roots, tree roots.
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7.
A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
山嘴
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8.
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
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9.
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
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10.
The short wooden buttress of a post.
建筑 -
11.
A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
建筑 -
12.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
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13.
A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
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14.
A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
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A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
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A branch of a vein.
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A very short branch line of a railway line.
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18.
A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
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19.
A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
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A tern.
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A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
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The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
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1.
To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
前进
策(马)前进
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2.
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
鞭策
激励
刺激
鼓舞
促进
发生
带动
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3.
To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
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4.
To put spurs on.
及物to spur boots
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5.
To press forward; to travel in great haste.
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1.
Alternative form of speer.
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词源
From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).
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